Dashtidjum

Ibisbills breed in the reserve in small numbers.[1]

Dashtidjum, also spelt Dashti Djum, is a 380 km² nature reserve in eastern Khatlon Province in southwest Tajikistan. It is a World Heritage Site and has also been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA).[1]

Description

The reserve lies 80 km south-east of the city of Kulob, at an altitude of 1,300–2500 km above sea level, in the southern part of the Hazrati Shoh mountain range. It extends southwards to the Panj River which forms the border with Afghanistan. It contains three small mountain rivers and their valleys, which have a diverse vegetation of woody thickets and herbage. The floodplain of the Panj attracts large numbers of waterbirds.[1]

Birds

The site qualifies as an IBA because it supports significant numbers of the populations of various bird species, either as residents, or as breeding or passage migrants. These include Himalayan snowcocks, common mergansers, saker falcons, Pallas's fish-eagles, cinereous vultures, ibisbills, pale-backed pigeons, yellow-billed choughs, Hume's larks, sulphur-bellied warblers, wallcreepers, white-winged redstarts, alpine accentors, rufous-streaked accentors, brown accentors, water pipits, crimson-winged finches and red-mantled rosefinches.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dashtidjum". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-28.

Coordinates: 37°37′43″N 70°04′50″E / 37.62861°N 70.08056°E / 37.62861; 70.08056

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