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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
Mountain Bamboo-partridge Bambusicola fytchii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mrs Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Speckled Woodpigeon Columba hodgsonii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Western Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Giant Nuthatch Sitta magna	EN	resident	2004	present	A1, A3
Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata	LC	resident	2000	present	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
1996	Mae Lao - Mae Sae	Wildlife Sanctuary	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mae Lao - Mae Sae (Thailand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mae-lao--mae-sae-iba-thailand on 22/11/2024.