Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus	LC	resident	2004	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Kaundinya	Sanctuary	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kaundinya-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 23/11/2024.