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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
Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis	CR	non-breeding	2004	unknown	A1
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre	VU	resident	2004	present	A1

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Lawachara	National Park	1,250	protected area overlaps with site	900

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical)	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lawachara / West Bhanugach Reserved Forest. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/06/2022.