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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (1990)	6–8 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Tersko-Aleksandrovskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	8
1994	Ozrekskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	7

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	-	Humid grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Terek river, Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-terek-river-kabardino-balkaria-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.