• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii	VU	resident (2015)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding (2015)	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding (2015)	present	A1
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding (2015)	present	A1
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus	VU	resident (2015)	present	A2, A3
Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Plum-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta cyanocephala	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides	LC	resident (2015)	present	A2, A3
Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Argya striata	NR	resident (2015)	present	A3
Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum	LC	breeding (2015)	present	A3
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Malabar Whistling-thrush Myophonus horsfieldii	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima	LC	resident (2015)	present	A2, A3
Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Karnala	Sanctuary (IV)	33

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karnala Bird Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karnala-bird-sanctuary-iba-india on 22/12/2024.