Valley of Khasaut river, mountains B.Bermamyt and M.Bermamyt (Russia (European))

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Valley of Khasaut river, mountains B.Bermamyt and M.Bermamyt

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	1998	1-4 breeding pairs	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1998	2-4 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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	16	9	breeding pairs	57	unfavourable
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

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
-	Vykhody mineral'nykh istochnikov Kichi-Balykskie	Nature Monument	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	60
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	70
agriculture	30

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Khasaut river, mountains B.Bermamyt and M.Bermamyt (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-khasaut-river-mountains-b.bermamyt-and-m.bermamyt-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.