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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Maleo Macrocephalon maleo	CR	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Sulawesi Ground-dove Gallicolumba tristigmata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-bellied Imperial-pigeon Ducula forsteni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Grey-headed Imperial-pigeon Ducula radiata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White Imperial-pigeon Ducula luctuosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Ptilinopus subgularis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Ptilinopus fischeri	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Sombre Pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Heinrich's Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Sulawesi Cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	resident	2004	present	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Minahasa Masked-owl Tyto inexspectata	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx fallax	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Blue-headed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher Actenoides princeps	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea	CR	resident	2004	present	A1
Trichoglossus flavoviridis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Pygmy Hanging-parrot Loriculus exilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Dark-eared Myza Myza celebensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-eared Myza Myza sarasinorum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulphur-bellied Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Cerulean Cuckooshrike Coracina temminckii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Pygmy Cuckooshrike Celebesica abbotti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Rusty-bellied Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Grasshopper-warbler Locustella castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Malia Malia grata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Phylloscopus sarasinorum	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Fiery-browed Starling Enodes erythrophris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Geomalia Zoothera heinrichi	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Blue-fronted Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias hoevelli	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Heinrichia calligyna	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Hylocitrea bonensis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Chrysocorythus estherae	NR	resident	2000	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Muara Angke	Suaka Margasatwa	225,000	is identical to site	225,000
Morowali	Cagar Alam	1	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morowali. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morowali-iba-indonesia on 01/10/2023.