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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2003

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus	EN	resident	2002	frequent	A1, A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri	NT	resident	2002	rare	A3
Grey-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta finschii	NT	resident	2002	common	A3
Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Racquet-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Indochinese Bushlark Mirafra erythrocephala	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Grey-faced Tit-babbler Mixornis kelleyi	LC	resident	2002	rare	A2, A3
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Hainan Blue-flycatcher Cyornis hainanus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Phou Xiengthong	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	120,000	protected area overlaps with site	36,650

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Moist deciduous forest (tropical), Dry deciduous forest (tropical)	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phou Xiang Thong. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16638 on 08/06/2023.