Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 List1 |
Season |
Year(s) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Pink-headed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus porphyreus |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Javan Hawk-eagle Nisaetus bartelsi |
EN |
resident |
1998 |
3–4 pairs |
A1, A2 |
Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Rufous-tailed Fantail Rhipidura phoenicura |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Phylloscopus grammiceps |
NR |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Javan Tesia Tesia superciliaris |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Javan Grey-throated White-eye Heleia javanica |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-bibbed Babbler Stachyris thoracica |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Crescent-chested Babbler Cyanoderma melanothorax |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Javan Fulvetta Alcippe pyrrhoptera |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-flanked Sunbird Aethopyga eximia |
LC |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2, A3 |
Chrysocorythus estherae |
NR |
resident |
1987–1998 |
present |
A2 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2012 |
not assessed |
high |
high |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
- |
|
Other |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
tourism/recreation |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Merapi (Indonesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-merapi-iba-indonesia on 03/12/2024.