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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Timor Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia magna	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rosacea	NT	resident	2003	present	A2
Jonquil Parrot Aprosmictus jonquillaceus	NT	resident	2003	present	A2
Streak-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis reticulatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Plain Gerygone Gerygone inornata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Timor Figbird Sphecotheres viridis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Timor Oriole Oriolus melanotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Buff-banded Bushbird Cincloramphus bivittatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
White-bellied Bushchat Saxicola gutturalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Be Malae (Timor-Leste). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/be-malae-iba-timor-leste on 22/11/2024.