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Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve


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
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica VU resident 1969-1971 present A1
Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica NT resident 1971 present A2
Cream-bellied Fruit-dove Ramphiculus merrilli NT resident 1981-1983 frequent A2
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus NT resident 1968 present A2
Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus LC resident 1968-1971 present A2
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi LC resident 1968-1971 common A2
Philippine Eagle-owl Bubo philippensis VU resident 1981 present A1
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae LC resident 1950-1980 present A2
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus LC resident 1990 present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1968 present A1
Blackish Cicadabird Edolisoma coerulescens LC resident 1950-1980 present A2
Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae NT resident 1968-1971 present A2
Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus LC resident 1979 present A2
Cyornis herioti NR resident 1988 present A2

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
1987 Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve 87

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/catanduanes-watershed-forest-reserve-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.