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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala	LC	resident (2004)	present	A4i
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	non-breeding (2004)	present	A1
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	winter (2004)	present	A1
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	winter (2004)	present	A1
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter (2004)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2004) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate deteri­oration (10–30% in 3 gener­ations)	high
Biological resource use	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Pollution	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	-
Marine Neritic	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Inner Gulf of Thailand (Thailand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/inner-gulf-of-thailand-iba-thailand on 11/01/2025.