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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Mindoro Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae	CR	resident	1960-1969	present	A1, A2
Spotted Imperial-pigeon Ducula carola	VU	resident	1960-1969	present	A1
Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis	EN	resident	1960-1969	present	A1, A2
Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum	VU	resident	1960-1969	present	A1, A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Mount Calavite	Wildlife Sanctuary	18,016	protected area contained by site	5,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Calavite. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-calavite-iba-philippines on 07/12/2023.