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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii	VU	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda	VU	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis	LC	resident	2002	present	A2

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
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	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Khonoma Nature Conservation and Tragopan Sanctuary	Other Area	0	unknown	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Khonoma SSG	0

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Khonoma Nature Conservation and Tragopan Sanctuary. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/06/2022.