PH075
Southern Samar mountains


IBA Justification

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
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica VU resident 1995 present A1
Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera VU resident 1995 present A1, A2
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1995 present A1
Nisaetus philippensis NR resident 1995 present A1
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus VU resident 1995 present A1
Alcedo argentata NR resident 1995 present A1, A2
Rufous-lored Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli VU resident 1995 present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1995 present A1
Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii VU resident 1995 present A1, A2
Visayan Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops samarensis VU resident 1995 present A1, A2
Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica VU resident 1995 present A1, A2
Philippine Leafbird Chloropsis flavipennis VU resident 1995 present A1, A2

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


Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Samar mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-samar-mountains-iba-philippines on 30/09/2023.