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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
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2, A3
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2, A3
Brooks's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus subviridis	LC	breeding	2004	present	A2, A3
Tytler's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri	LC	breeding	2004	present	A2, A3
White-cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys	LC	resident	2004	present	A2, A3
Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A2, A3
Orange Bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca	LC	resident	2004	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Ghamot	Game Reserve	37
1982	Machiara	Game Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest, Montane coniferous forest (mont temp/subtrop)	-

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: Machiara National Park (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/machiara-national-park-iba-pakistan on 23/11/2024.