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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
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	1991	present	A1, A4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1998	Handumon	Marine Sanctuary	<1
1998	Jagoliao	Marine Refuge and Sanctuary	<1
1999	Talibon Group of Islands	Protected Landscape and Seascape	<1
1999	Bantigue	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2002	Bilang-bilangan West	Marine Protected Area	<1
2002	Banacon Island	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2002	Hingotanan West	Marine Protected Area	<1
2002	Jandayan Norte	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2002	Jandayan Sur	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2002	Sagasa Island	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2005	Guindacpan Island	Marine Sanctuary	<1
2005	Bilang-bilangan East	Marine Sanctuary	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Calituban and Tahong-tahong Islands (Talibon group) (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/calituban-and-tahong-tahong-islands-(talibon-group)-iba-philippines on 23/11/2024.