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Kalatungan mountains


IBA Justification

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
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1990-1999 present A1
South Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus pinskeri EN resident 1994 present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Mount Kalatungan Range Buffer Zone Natural Park - Buffer Zone 64
- Manupali Watershed Forest Reserve 25
1987 Muleta Watershed Forest Reserve 19
2000 Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalatungan mountains (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalatungan-mountains-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.