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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
Bronze-tailed Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	EN	resident	2000	present	A1
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Sumatran Green-pigeon Treron oxyurus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	resident	2000	present	A1
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Sumatran Trogon Apalharpactes mackloti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, 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)
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	2,595,125	protected area overlaps with site	365,000
Bukit Barisan Selatan	Taman Nasional	295,000	protected area overlaps with site	365,000
Bukit Barisan Selatan	Cagar Alam	0	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Other		-

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: Bukit Barisan Selatan. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukit-barisan-selatan-iba-indonesia on 01/10/2023.