Camel’s Hump Mountains (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Camel’s Hump Mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii	VU	resident	2015	present	A1, A2, A3
Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus	VU	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus	NT	resident	2015	present	A1, A2, A3
House Swallow Hirundo javanica	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus	NT	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Banasura Chilappan Montecincla jerdoni	EN	resident	2015	present	A1, A2, A3
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Nilgiri Sholakili Sholicola major	NT	resident	2015	present	A1, A2, A3
Malabar Whistling-thrush Myophonus horsfieldii	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima	LC	resident	2015	present	A2, A3
Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti	LC	resident	2015	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Camel’s Hump Mountains (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/camel’s-hump-mountains-iba-india on 22/11/2024.