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Lagga - Bagga Reserve Forest


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
Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis NT resident (2004) present A1
Sarus Crane Grus antigone VU resident (2004) present A1
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis CR resident (2004) present A1

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 (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 moderate medium low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat medium

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium
Human intrusions and disturbance 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
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -
Grassland -
Wetlands (inland) -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagga - Bagga Reserve Forest (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagga--bagga-reserve-forest-iba-india on 02/01/2025.