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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Necklaced Barbet Psilopogon auricularis	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Grey-crowned Tit Aegithalos annamensis	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Red-billed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps	LC	resident	2002	uncommon	A3
Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
White-cheeked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus vassali	LC	resident	2002	common	A2, A3
Red-tailed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron milnei	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Black-crowned Barwing Actinodura sodangorum	NT	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solangiae	NT	resident	2002	common	A2, A3
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3
Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga latouchii	LC	resident	2002	rare	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	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
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Dry evergreen forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Grassland	Secondary grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dakchung Plateau (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dakchung-plateau-iba-laos on 26/11/2024.