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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
Ramphiculus fischeri	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove Ramphiculus epius	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sombre Pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Minahasa Masked-owl Tyto inexspectata	LC	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Cinnabar Boobook Ninox ios	LC	resident	2004	present	A1
Dwarf Sparrowhawk Accipiter nanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Trichoglossus flavoviridis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Dark-eared Myza Myza celebensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulphur-bellied Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Rusty-bellied Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Sulawesi Grasshopper-warbler Locustella castanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Streak-headed White-eye Heleia squamiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Fiery-browed Starling Enodes erythrophris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Matinan Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias sanfordi	LC	resident	2004	present	A1, A2
Northern Hylocitrea Hylocitrea bonensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum nehrkorni	LC	resident	2000	present	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		91

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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