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Ko Li Bong

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	winter (2004)	present	A1, A4i

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 (2004) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2004	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
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Mu Ko Libong	Non Hunting Area (III)	94

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Forest	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ko Li Bong (Thailand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ko-li-bong-iba-thailand on 26/12/2024.