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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
Annamite Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata	CR	resident	1998	present	A1, A2
Indochinese Wren-babbler Napothera danjoui	NT	resident	1998	present	A2
Black-hooded Laughingthrush Garrulax milleti	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
White-cheeked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus vassali	LC	resident	1998	present	A2
Black-crowned Barwing Actinodura sodangorum	NT	resident	1998	2 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solangiae	NT	resident	1998	present	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Song Thanh	Khu Bảo tồn thiên nhiên	10
2014	Ngoc Linh (Kon Tum)	Khu Bảo tồn thiên nhiên	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Hill evergreen forest (subtropical), Montane broadleaf evergreen forest (mont temp)	100
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lo Xo Pass (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lo-xo-pass-iba-vietnam on 23/11/2024.