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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	EN	resident	2000	frequent	A1
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus	CR	non-breeding	2000	rare	A1
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	VU	resident	2000	common	A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	resident	2000	common	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	2000	frequent	A1, A3
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident	2000	rare	A1
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT	winter	1988-1989	521 individuals	A4i
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident	2000	frequent	A1, A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Way Kambas	Taman Nasional	125,621	protected area overlaps with site	130,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	-
Grassland	Secondary grassland	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Way Kambas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/way-kambas-iba-indonesia on 23/09/2023.