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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
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii	VU	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Mrs Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae	VU	resident	2002	present	A1
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda	NT	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Brown-capped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis	LC	resident	2002	present	A2

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Phawngpui Blue Mountain	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/blue-mountain-(phawngpui)-national-park-iba-india on 22/11/2024.