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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi	LC	resident	-	present	A1, A2
Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon Ducula bakeri	LC	resident	-	present	A1, A2
Tanna Fruit-dove Ptilinopus tannensis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Red-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyi	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Palm Lorikeet Charmosyna palmarum	VU	resident	-	common	A1, A2
Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Vanuatu Streaked Fantail Rhipidura spilodera	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Southern Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Vanuatu White-eye Zosterops flavifrons	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens	LC	resident	-	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lake Letas	Conservation Area	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gaua (Vanuatu). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gaua-iba-vanuatu on 23/11/2024.