ID044
Betung Kerihun


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri VU resident (2001) present A1, A3
Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Golden-naped Barbet Psilopogon pulcherrimus LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii VU resident (2001) present A1, A3
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha VU winter (2001) present A1
Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Pygmy White-eye Heleia squamifrons LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Mountain Black-eye Zosterops emiliae LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Mountain Wren-babbler Gypsophila crassa LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Bornean Wren-babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica VU resident (2001) present A1, A3
Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus NT resident (2001) present A2, A3
Large-billed Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus VU resident (2001) present A1, A3
Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum LC resident (2001) present A2, A3
Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae LC resident (2001) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1992 Betung Kerihun Taman Nasional (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Betung Kerihun (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/betung-kerihun-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.