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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Dusky Scrubfowl Megapodius freycinet	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-pigeon Ducula basilica	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Spectacled Imperial-pigeon Ducula perspicillata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Grey-headed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Blue-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus monacha	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Moluccan Goshawk Accipiter henicogrammus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythrauchen	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Blue-and-white Kingfisher Todiramphus diops	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Violet-necked Lory Eos squamata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Pitta maxima	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
White-streaked Friarbird Melitograis gilolensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Dusky Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus	NT	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Drab Whistler Pachycephala griseonota	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Rufous-bellied Triller Lalage aurea	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Long-billed Crow Corvus validus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Dicaeum erythrothorax	NR	resident	2000	present	A2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Morotai. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.