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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
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis	NT	winter	2002	present	A1
Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi	NT	resident	2002	present	A2
Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Brown-throated Fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Blackish-breasted Babbler Stachyris humei	NT	resident	2002	present	A2
Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus	NT	resident	2002	present	A2
Hoary-throated Barwing Sibia nipalensis	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa	VU	resident	2002	present	A1

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zemithang - Nelya. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zemithang--nelya-iba-india on 23/09/2023.