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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
Red-billed Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	CR	resident	2000	present	A1
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Sumatran Green-pigeon Treron oxyurus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sumatran Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Salvadori's Nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sumatran Ground-cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis	CR	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus	CR	non-breeding	2000	present	A1
Rajah Scops-owl Otus brookii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Sumatran Trogon Apalharpactes mackloti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Schneider's Pitta Hydrornis schneideri	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Cream-striped Bulbul Hemixos leucogrammicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sumatran Bulbul Ixos sumatranus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-necked Bulbul Pycnonotus tympanistrigus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Blue-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii	DD	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler Gypsophila rufipecta	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rufous-vented Niltava Niltava sumatrana	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Rück's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis ruckii	CR	resident	2000	present	A3
Sunda Blue Robin Myiomela diana	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Shiny Whistling-thrush Myophonus melanurus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Blue-masked Leafbird Chloropsis venusta	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mountain Serin Chrysocorythus estherae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bukit Barisan	Taman Hutan Raya	<1
1981	Gunung Leuser National Park	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	78
1997	Gunung Leuser	National Park	64
1998	The Leuser Ecosystem	Conservation Area	100
2004	Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2004	Leuser National Park	ASEAN Heritage	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Upper montane rain forest (tropical), Lower montane rain forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Shrubland	Subalpine and alpine scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	-

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