ID044
Betung Kerihun


IBA Justification

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
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

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1992 Betung Kerihun Taman Nasional 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.