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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Moluccan Scrubfowl Eulipoa wallacei	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Blue-tailed Imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Spectacled Imperial-pigeon Ducula perspicillata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps mada	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Tyto novaehollandiae	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Ninox squamipila	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythrauchen	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Red Lory Eos bornea	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-lored Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Buru Honeyeater Lichmera deningeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-faced Friarbird Philemon moluccensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru Oriole Oriolus bouroensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Drab Whistler Pachycephala griseonota	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Tawny-backed Fantail Rhipidura superflua	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-tipped Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Locustella castanea	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias additus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher Ficedula buruensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Buru Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Madanga Madanga ruficollis	EN	resident	2001	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		72

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Kepala Madang (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-kepala-madang-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.