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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
Sumba Green-pigeon Treron teysmannii	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Red-naped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dohertyi	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, 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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Luku Melolo	Protection Forest	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		68

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luku Melolo (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luku-melolo-iba-indonesia on 22/11/2024.