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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
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea	VU	resident	2004	present	A3
Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi	EN	resident	2000	present	A3
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tickell's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blossom-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta roseata	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Silver Oriole Oriolus mellianus	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pterorhinus chinensis	NR	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Golden-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus	LC	resident	2000	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 (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1962	Khao Yai	National Park and ASEAN Heritage Park	100
2004	Khao Yai National Park	ASEAN Heritage	100
2005	Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		80
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khao Yai (Thailand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khao-yai-iba-thailand on 22/11/2024.