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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
Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	CR	resident	2000	frequent	A1
Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina	CR	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident	2000	common	A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	resident	2000	common	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	2000	rare	A1, A3
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT	winter	2000	max 1,460 individuals	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	1986	8 individuals	A1
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1935	Berbak	Taman Nasional	54
1992	Berbak	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	54

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Peat swamp forest (tropical), Mangrove forest (tropical)	57
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berbak (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berbak-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.