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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Catanduanes	Watershed Forest Reserve (II)	87

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	-

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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 22/12/2024.