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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica	VU	resident	1996	present	A1
Spotted Imperial-pigeon Ducula carola	VU	resident	1996	present	A1
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove Ramphiculus marchei	VU	resident	1900-1919	present	A1, A2
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi	CR	resident	1990-1999	present	A1
North Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus philippensis	EN	resident	1996	present	A1
Green Racquet-tail Prioniturus luconensis	EN	resident	1996	present	A1, A2
Whiskered Pitta Erythropitta kochi	LC	resident	1997	common	A1, A2
Golden-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus dennistouni	NT	resident	1990-1999	present	A2
Luzon Striped Babbler Zosterornis striatus	LC	resident	1990-1999	present	A2
Luzon Water-redstart Phoenicurus bicolor	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1949	Aurora Memorial	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Forest		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aurora Memorial National Park (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aurora-memorial-national-park-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.