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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
Sumatran Partridge Arborophila sumatrana	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Red-billed Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum	LC	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
Rajah Scops-owl Otus brookii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Schneider's Pitta Hydrornis schneideri	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-necked Bulbul Pycnonotus tympanistrigus	LC	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
Sumatran Cochoa Cochoa beccarii	LC	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-vented Niltava Niltava sumatrana	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Sunda Blue Robin Myiomela diana	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

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	63
-	Deleng Lancuk	Taman Wisata Alam	<1
-	Lau Debuk Debuk	Taman Wisata Alam	<1
1981	Gunung Leuser National Park	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	17
1988	Bukit Barisan	Other Area	100
1997	Gunung Leuser	National Park	80
2004	Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)

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: Hutan Raya Bukit Barisan (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hutan-raya-bukit-barisan-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.