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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
Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus	LC	resident	2002	frequent	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri	NT	resident	2002	common	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Sooty Babbler Stachyris herberti	LC	resident	2002	common	A2, A3
Streaked Wren-babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger	LC	resident	2002	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Khammouane Limestone (Phou Hin Poun)	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Moist deciduous forest (tropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical)	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khammouan Limestone (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khammouan-limestone-iba-laos on 23/11/2024.