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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1947	Labi Hills (Bukit Teraja Protection)	Forest Reserve	27
1948	Anduki (Conservation)	Forest Reserve	4
1948	Badas (Conservation)	Forest Reserve	<1
1982	Ulu Mendaram (Conservation)	Forest Reserve	25
1982	Belait Peat Swamp (Conservation)	Forest Reserve	2
1982	Belait Peat Swamp (Ulu Mendaram Conservation)	Forest Reserve	-
1987	Belait Peat Swamp (Productive Production)	Forest Reserve	-
1987	Belait Peat Swamp (non-production-production) FoR	Forest Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 23/11/2024.