BirdLife Data Zone

VA001

Vanua Lava, Mount Sereama

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi	VU	resident	-	uncommon	A2
Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon Ducula bakeri	LC	resident	-	common	A1, A2
Tanna Fruit-dove Ptilinopus tannensis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Red-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyi	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes	VU	breeding	2011	50-249 individuals	A1
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis	VU	breeding	2011	16 nests	A1
Palm Lorikeet Charmosyna palmarum	VU	resident	-	common	A1, A2
Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Vanuatu Honeyeater Gliciphila notabilis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Vanuatu Streaked Fantail Rhipidura spilodera	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Buff-bellied Monarch Neolalage banksiana	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Southern Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Santo Thicketbird Cincloramphus whitneyi	LC	resident	-	present	A1, A2
Vanuatu White-eye Zosterops flavifrons	LC	resident	-	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2012).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vanua Lava, Mount Sereama. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vanua-lava-mount-sereama-iba-vanuatu on 02/10/2023.