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Belait Swamp Forest


IBA Justification

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
Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger VU resident 2004 present A1, A3
Bornean Crestless Fireback Lophura pyronota EN resident 2004 present A1, A3
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei VU resident 2004 present A1, A3
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi EN resident 2004 present A1, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus VU resident 2004 present A1, A3
Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus EN resident 2000 present A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae NT resident 2004 present A1, A3
Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii VU resident 2004 present A1, A3
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha VU winter 2004 present A1
Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala VU resident 2000 present A3
Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger VU resident 2004 present A1, A3
Large-billed Blue-flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus VU resident 2004 present A1, A3

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


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ulu Mendaram (Conservation) Forest Reserve 6,170 protected area contained by site 6,170
Labi Hills (Bukit Teraja Protection) Forest Reserve 6,825 protected area contained by site 6,825
Belait Peat Swamp (Ulu Mendaram Conservation) Forest Reserve 6,170 protected area overlaps with site 0
Belait Peat Swamp (Productive Production) Forest Reserve 46,257 protected area overlaps with site 0
Belait Peat Swamp (non-production-production) FoR Forest Reserve 7,740 protected area overlaps with site 0
Belait Peat Swamp (Conservation) Forest Reserve 1,492 protected area contained by site 0
Badas (Conservation) Forest Reserve 76 protected area contained by site 76
Anduki (Conservation) Forest Reserve 916 protected area contained by site 916

Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belait Swamp Forest. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16070 on 05/06/2023.