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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
Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Bornean Crestless Fireback Lophura pyronota	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident	2004	present	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae	NT	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bornean Wren-babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Biological resource use	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Gunung Palung	Taman Nasional	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Palung (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-palung-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.