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El Nido


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 Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis VU resident 1940-1949 present A1, A2
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis LC resident 1990-1999 present A2
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei VU resident 1990-1999 present A1, A2
Blue Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens LC resident 1900-1949 present A2
Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis LC resident 1900-1949 present A2
White-vented Shama Copsychus niger LC resident 1900-1949 present A2
Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis LC resident 1900-1949 present A2
Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni LC resident 1900-1949 present A2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1935 Bacuit Watershed Forest Reserve <1
1967 Palawan Game Refuge 36
1975 Palawan Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary 38
1990 Palawan UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100
1998 El Nido Managed Resource Protected Area 100

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Nido (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-nido-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.