Data Zone
Country/territory: Cambodia
IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (2003)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 101,587 hectares (1,015.87 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2009 | not assessed | high | medium |
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Site description (2003 baseline)
The IBA is located within Bokor National Park in the Elephant Mountains. The national park lies between Road No. 4 and the southern coastline of Cambodia. The topography of the national park is dominated by a large massif, with an extensive plateau at around 1,000 m asl. The IBA comprises all parts of the national park of semi-evergreen and evergreen forest above 400 m asl, which is thought to be the lower altitudinal limit of Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana, as well as lower elevation areas along the Teuk Chhou River, which supports Lesser Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis. The vegetation of the plateau is dominated by dwarf evergreen forest, with some small, cleared areas of grassland and small, artificial wetlands. The plateau is fringed by steep escarpments, hills and ridges, cloaked in semi-evergreen forest. A large river, the Teuk Chhou drains to the south and reaches the sea at Kampot town. Many smaller streams also occur throughout the area.The IBA supports Chestnut-headed Partridge one of the two restricted-range species found in the Cambodia-Thailand-Mountains Endemic Bird Area. In addition, there is a single historical record of Silver Oriole Oriolus mellianus, from 1927; which remains the only Cambodian record of this globally vulnerable species. However, the possibility exists that the species still occurs as a non-breeding visitor to the IBA.
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: Very important for large animals: Tiger, Elephant, Sun Bear, Leopard, Leopard Cat, Black Bear, Pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), Marbled Cat, Hog Deer, Pig-tailed Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque, Pangolin and otter spp. Most of which are Red Listed. The largest area in Cabodia for Pinus Merkisii, Cambodia's only Pine species.Pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina), Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) (Net Neath 2001).Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Gaur (Bos gaurus), Southern Serow (Naemorhedus sumatraensis) (Net Neath 2001).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phnom Bokor (Cambodia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/phnom-bokor-iba-cambodia on 18/12/2024.