The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Bornean Crestless Fireback Lophura pyronota |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon Treron fulvicollis |
VU |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Bornean Ground-cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus |
VU |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Reddish Scops-owl Otus rufescens |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Rajah Scops-owl Otus brookii |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Kinabalu Serpent-eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black Oriole Oriolus hosii |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Sunda Cuckooshrike Coracina larvata |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Pygmy White-eye Heleia squamifrons |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mountain Black-eye Zosterops emiliae |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black Babbler Melanocichla lugubris |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Temminck's Babbler Pellorneum pyrrogenys |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Mountain Wren-babbler Gypsophila crassa |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-throated Wren-babbler Turdinus atrigularis |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Bornean Wren-babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Fruithunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Large-billed Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A3 |
