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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana	LC	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis	VU	resident	2002	abundant	A1
Cambodian Laughingthrush Garrulax ferrarius	LC	resident	2002	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus	200	200	individuals	100	favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Phnom Aural	Wildlife Sanctuary	4
1999	Central Cardamom Mountains	Protected Forest	79

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Small settlements, rural gardens	-
Forest	Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Dry deciduous forest (tropical), Hill evergreen forest (subtropical)	-
Grassland	Edaphic grassland, Secondary grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools, Riverine floodplains, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Cardamoms (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-cardamoms-iba-cambodia on 22/11/2024.