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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Bornean Partridge Arborophila hyperythra	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Golden-naped Barbet Psilopogon pulcherrimus	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Black Oriole Oriolus hosii	NT	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Pygmy White-eye Heleia squamifrons	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Black-eye Zosterops emiliae	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Black Babbler Melanocichla lugubris	LC	resident (2004)	present	A3
Mountain Wren-babbler Gypsophila crassa	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus	NT	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3
Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2, A3
Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baleh headwaters (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baleh-headwaters-iba-malaysia on 22/12/2024.