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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
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i

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 (2004) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Mu Ko Libong	Non Hunting Area	94
2002	Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Forest		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 23/11/2024.