Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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: 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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2014 | very high | near favourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | unset |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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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 habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Forest | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | moderate (70-90%) | near favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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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 | Very little or no conservation action taking place | medium |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Phawngpui Blue Mountain | National Park | 5,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,000 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2022.