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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Grey Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	EN	resident	2002	frequent	A1, A4i
Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi	VU	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus	LC	winter	2002	uncommon	A3
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii	NT	resident	2002	abundant	A4i
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	winter	2002	uncommon	A1
Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni	NT	resident	2002	common	A3
Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules	NT	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri	NT	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Pied Falconet Microhierax melanoleucos	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Grey-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta finschii	NT	resident	2002	common	A3
Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Brown-rumped Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis	LC	winter	2002	uncommon	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Racquet-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis	LC	winter	2002	unknown	A3
Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi	LC	winter	2002	unknown	A3
Hainan Blue-flycatcher Cyornis hainanus	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Greyish-crowned Leafbird Chloropsis lazulina	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga latouchii	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2003).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Nakai - Nam Theun	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	353,200	protected area overlaps with site	80,000
Corridor Nakai - Nam Theun and Phou Hin Poun	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	154,340	protected area overlaps with site	43,520

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Pine forest (subtropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Dry evergreen forest (tropical)	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Freshwater lakes and pools	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nakai Plateau. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nakai-plateau-iba-laos on 02/10/2023.