Govind National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Sandra, Kotinad and Singtur ranges (Tons forest division) (India) IBA | Details

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Govind National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Sandra, Kotinad and Singtur ranges (Tons forest division)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	low
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1955	Govind Pashu Vihar	Sanctuary (IV)	50
1990	Govind	National Park (II)	50

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Grassland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Govind National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Sandra, Kotinad and Singtur ranges (Tons forest division) (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/govind-national-park-and-wildlife-sanctuary-sandra-kotinad-and-singtur-ranges-(tons-forest-division)-iba-india on 23/12/2024.