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Belait Swamp Forest


IBA Justification

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
Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger VU resident (2004) present A1, A3
Bornean Crestless Fireback Lophura pyronota EN resident (2004) present A1, A3
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei VU resident (2004) present A1, A3
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi EN resident (2004) present A1, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus VU resident (2004) present A1, A3
Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus EN resident (2000) present A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae NT resident (2004) present A1, A3
Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii VU resident (2004) present A1, A3
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha VU winter (2004) present A1
Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala VU resident (2000) present A3
Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger VU resident (2004) present A1, A3
Large-billed Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus VU resident (2004) present A1, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1947 Labi Hills (Bukit Teraja Protection) Forest Reserve (Ia) 27
1948 Anduki (Conservation) Forest Reserve (Ia) 4
1948 Badas (Conservation) Forest Reserve (Ia) <1
1982 Ulu Mendaram (Conservation) Forest Reserve (Ia) 25
1982 Belait Peat Swamp (Conservation) Forest Reserve (Ia) 2
1982 Belait Peat Swamp (Ulu Mendaram Conservation) Forest Reserve (Ia) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belait Swamp Forest (Brunei). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belait-swamp-forest-iba-brunei on 23/12/2024.