MM036
Bwe Pa


IBA Justification

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
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii VU resident 2004 present A1, A2
Mrs Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae NT resident 2004 present A1, A3
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis CR non-breeding 2004 present A1

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


Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bwe Pa. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bwe-pa-iba-myanmar on 25/09/2023.