• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon Ducula lacernulata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Wallace's Scops-owl Otus silvicola	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea	CR	resident	2004	present	A1
Flores Hanging-parrot Loriculus flosculus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Lichmera lombokia	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Flores Minivet Pericrocotus lansbergei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sumba Cicadabird Edolisoma dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Flores Monarch Symposiachrus sacerdotum	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Flores Crow Corvus florensis	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Russet-capped Tesia Tesia everetti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-spectacled White-eye Heleia wallacei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Thick-billed White-eye Heleia crassirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Crested White-eye Heleia dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Russet-backed Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias oscillans	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Golden-rumped Flowerpecker Dicaeum annae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-fronted Flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
KKPN LAUT SAWU	Taman Nasional Perairan	2,945,451	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mbeliling - Tanjung Kerita Mese. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mbeliling--tanjung-kerita-mese-iba-indonesia on 07/12/2023.