PK017
Machiara National Park


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
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

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100


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 23/12/2024.