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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Timor Cuckoo-dove Macropygia magna	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Black Cuckoo-dove Turacoena modesta	NT	resident	2004	present	A2
Timor Green-pigeon Treron psittaceus	EN	resident	2007	present	A1, A2
Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rosacea	NT	resident	2007	present	A2
Olive-headed Lorikeet Trichoglossus euteles	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Plain Gerygone Gerygone inornata	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Timor Oriole Oriolus melanotis	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Timor Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus presbytes	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Timor Stubtail Urosphena subulata	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Orange-banded Thrush Geokichla peronii	NT	resident	2007	present	A2
Red-chested Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident	2007	present	A2
Tricoloured Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor	LC	resident	2007	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Manucoco	Protected Wild Area	1,773	protected area contained by site	14,118

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Atauro Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/atauro-island-iba-timor-leste on 05/12/2023.