PH049
Culion Island


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
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei VU resident 1970-1979 present A1, A2
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1990-1999 present A1
Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae VU resident 1995 present A1, A2
Blue Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens LC resident 1992 present A2
White-vented Shama Copsychus niger LC resident 1992 present A2
Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri NT resident 1992 present A2
Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis LC resident 1992 present A2
Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni LC resident 1950-1980 present A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Culion Island (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/culion-island-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.