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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon Ducula lacernulata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Wallace's Scops-owl Otus silvicola	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea	CR	resident	2000	present	A1
Flores Minivet Pericrocotus lansbergei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Yellow-spectacled White-eye Heleia wallacei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Thick-billed White-eye Heleia crassirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Crested White-eye Heleia dohertyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Golden-rumped Flowerpecker Dicaeum annae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-fronted Flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Gunung Tambora Selatan	Taman Nasional	61
2009	Gunung Tambora Selatan	Nature Reserve	24
2009	Gunung Tambora Selatan	Game Reserve	28

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		50
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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