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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Bamboo-partridge Bambusicola fytchii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	winter	1997-1998	3 individuals	A1
Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta finschii	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Rusty-naped Pitta Hydrornis oatesi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus intensior	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pale-footed Bush-warbler Hemitesia pallidipes	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni	LC	resident	1997-2000	present	A2, A3
Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Golden Parrotbill Suthora verreauxi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spelaeornis chocolatinus	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-billed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler Erythrogenys gravivox	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron milnei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Heterophasia melanoleuca	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Liocichla phoenicea	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaked Barwing Sibia souliei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-throated Minla Chrysominla strigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Actinodura ramsayi	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa	VU	resident	1997-2000	present	A1, A3
Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-tailed Blue Robin Myiomela leucura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira	LC	non-breeding	2000	present	A3
Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Greyish-crowned Leafbird Chloropsis lazulina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Aethopyga christinae	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Hoang Lien	Vườn quốc gia	60
2003	Hoang Lien Sa Pa National Park	ASEAN Heritage	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Hill evergreen forest (subtropical), Montane broadleaf evergreen forest (mont temp)	45
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	30
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Rice paddies, Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground	25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fan Si Pan (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fan-si-pan-iba-vietnam on 22/11/2024.