BirdLife Data Zone

IN203

Nandi Hills

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1, A3
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2, A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Monitoring

Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment	Threat score (pressure)	Condition score (state)	Action score (response)
2014	very high	favourable	low
Was the whole site covered?	Yes	State assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	good

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	problematic native species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	tourism and recreation areas	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nandi Hills. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.