Cherapunjee: cliffs, gorges and sacred groves (India) IBA | Details

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Cherapunjee: cliffs, gorges and sacred groves

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda	NT	resident (2002)	present	A1, A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid deterioration (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow deterioration (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-
Forest	-
Grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cherapunjee: cliffs, gorges and sacred groves (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cherapunjee:-cliffs-gorges-and-sacred-groves-iba-india on 16/01/2025.