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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	1997	600 individuals	A1, A4i
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus	NT	resident	1997	present	A2
Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus	LC	resident	1997	present	A2
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi	LC	resident	1997	present	A2
Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus	LC	resident	1997	common	A2
Luzon Highland Scops-owl Otus longicornis	LC	resident	1996-1999	present	A2
Philippine Eagle-owl Bubo philippensis	VU	resident	1996-1999	present	A1
North Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus philippensis	EN	resident	1997	present	A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia	CR	resident	1900	present	A1
Green Racquet-tail Prioniturus luconensis	EN	resident	1994-1997	present	A1, A2
White-lored Oriole Oriolus albiloris	LC	resident	1997	present	A2
Blackish Cicadabird Edolisoma coerulescens	LC	resident	1997	present	A2
White-fronted Tit Sittiparus semilarvatus	NT	resident	1997	present	A2
Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies	VU	resident	1996	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
1987	Bataan	National Park	53
1992	Subic	Watershed Forest Reserve	13
2000	Roosevelt	Protected Landscape	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bataan Natural Park and Subic Bay Forest Reserve (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bataan-natural-park-and-subic-bay-forest-reserve-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.