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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon Ducula lacernulata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Wallace's Scops-owl Otus silvicola	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea	CR	resident	2000	present	A1
Flores Minivet Pericrocotus lansbergei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-spectacled White-eye Heleia wallacei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Thick-billed White-eye Heleia crassirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Crested White-eye Heleia dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Golden-rumped Flowerpecker Dicaeum annae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-fronted Flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Gunung Tambora Selatan	Taman Nasional	80,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gunung Tambora Selatan	Game Reserve	30,000	protected area overlaps with site	30,000
Gunung Tambora Selatan	Nature Reserve	23,841	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
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: Gunung Tambora. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-tambora-iba-indonesia on 28/11/2023.