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Bukit Barisan Selatan


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
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata CR resident 2000 present A1
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei VU resident 2000 present A1, A3
Sumatran Green-pigeon Treron oxyurus NT resident 2000 present A2, A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus NT resident 2000 present A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea EN resident 2000 present A1
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus VU resident 2000 present A1, A3
Sumatran Trogon Apalharpactes mackloti LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae NT resident 2000 present A1, A3
Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta LC resident 2000 present A1, A2, A3
Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus LC resident 2000 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
- Bukit Barisan Selatan Cagar Alam 1
1935 Bukit Barisan Selatan Taman Nasional 100
2004 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
Other -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukit Barisan Selatan (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukit-barisan-selatan-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.