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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
Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul	VU	resident	2004	present	A3
Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon Treron fulvicollis	VU	resident	2004	present	A3
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2001	present	A1, A3
Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis	VU	resident	1975-2001	present	A1, A3
Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	non-breeding	1983-1984	present	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	1998	6 individuals	A1, A3, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter	1975-1983	present	A1
Barred Eagle-owl Bubo sumatranus	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot Loriculus galgulus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Long-tailed Parakeet Belocercus longicaudus	VU	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger	VU	resident	1960-1999	present	A1, A3
Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Grey-hooded Babbler Cyanoderma bicolor	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Bornean Wren-babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati	EN	resident	2004	present	A3
Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Brown-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum everetti	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii	LC	resident	2004	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1978	Pulau Tiga	State Park	9
1984	Padas Damit	Amenity Forest Reserve	-
1984	Menumbok	Mangrove Forest Reserve	-
1992	Klias	Protection Forest Reserve	2
1992	SG. Binsuluk	Protection Forest Reserve	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Mangrove forest (tropical), Peat swamp forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Klias peninsula (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/klias-peninsula-iba-malaysia on 22/11/2024.