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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Bukit Barisan	Taman Hutan Raya (II)	63
1981	Gunung Leuser National Park	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	17
1988	Bukit Barisan	Other Area (-)	100
1997	Gunung Leuser	National Park (II)	80
2004	Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	13

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

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 23/12/2024.