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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii	VU	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Mrs Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae	NT	resident	2002	present	A1
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda	VU	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Brown-capped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis	LC	resident	2002	present	A2

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 - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

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	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

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)
Phawngpui Blue Mountain	National Park	5,000	protected area overlaps with site	5,000

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

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18318 on 02/06/2023.