Valley of Gizel'don river (Russia (European))

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Valley of Gizel'don river

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2007	1-2 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	not assessed	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Oblepikhovaya roscha	Nature Monument	-
1998	Alania	National Park	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	60
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	10
Shrubland		6
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	3
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
not utilised	30
rangeland/pastureland	20
agriculture	20
tourism/recreation	20
forestry	10
fisheries/aquaculture	1
urban/industrial/transport	1

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Gizel'don river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-gizeldon-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.