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Laiwanggi Wanggameti


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Sumba Green-pigeon Treron teysmannii NT resident 2000 present A2
Red-naped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dohertyi VU resident 2004 present A1, A2
Sumba Boobook Ninox rudolfi NT resident 2000 present A2
Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti EN resident 2004 present A1, A2
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia LC resident 2000 present A2
Citron-crested Cockatoo Cacatua citrinocristata CR resident 2004 present A1
Sumba Cicadabird Edolisoma dohertyi LC resident 2000 present A2
Yellow-spectacled White-eye Heleia wallacei LC resident 2000 present A2
Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi NT resident 2000 present A2
Sumba Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias stresemanni LC resident 2000 present A2
Sumba Flycatcher Ficedula harterti LC resident 2000 present A2
Apricot-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris buettikoferi LC resident 2000 present A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Laiwangi Wanggameti Taman Nasional 86
1998 Laiwanggi-Wanggameti National Park 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 72
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Grassland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laiwanggi Wanggameti (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laiwanggi-wanggameti-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.