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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis	CR	non-breeding	2004	unknown	A1
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre	VU	resident	2004	present	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lawachara	National Park	1,250	protected area overlaps with site	900

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical)	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lawachara / West Bhanugach Reserved Forest. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15224 on 10/06/2023.