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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra	LC	resident (2002)	uncommon	A1, A3
Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Speckled Woodpigeon Columba hodgsonii	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria	LC	winter (1989)	present	A3
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	breeding (2002)	uncommon	A1, A3
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis	NT	resident (2002)	present	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage (2002)	rare	A1
Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus	LC	resident (2002)	uncommon	A1, A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Slaty-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta himalayana	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata	LC	resident (2002)	frequent	A2, A3
Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Tickell's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus affinis	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Large-billed Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator	LC	resident (2002)	uncommon	A2, A3
Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Grey-sided Bush-warbler Cettia brunnifrons	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni	LC	resident (2002)	rare	A2, A3
Aberrant Bush-warbler Horornis flavolivaceus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Red-headed Tit Aegithalos iredalei	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodium	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri	LC	resident (2002)	rare	A2, A3
Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus	LC	resident (2002)	uncommon	A1, A2, A3
Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus superciliaris	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Striated Laughingthrush Grammatoptila striata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Spiny Babbler Acanthoptila nipalensis	LC	resident (2002)	frequent	A2, A3
Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Grey-sided Laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Hoary-throated Barwing Sibia nipalensis	LC	resident (2002)	frequent	A2, A3
Blue-winged Minla Siva cyanouroptera	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Bar-throated Minla Chrysominla strigula	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Grandala Grandala coelicolor	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-tailed Blue Robin Myiomela leucura	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Rufous-breasted Bush-robin Tarsiger hyperythrus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Golden Bush-robin Tarsiger chrysaeus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Blue-capped Rock-thrush Monticola cinclorhyncha	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	winter (1989)	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rodochroa	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Gold-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta	LC	breeding (1989)	present	A3
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	resident (1989)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70–90%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor
Forest	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Residential and commercial development	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Makalu-Barun	राष्ट्रिय पार्क (II)	100
1999	Makalu-Barun - Buffer Zone	मध्यवर्ती क्षेत्र (VI)	33
2002	Sagarmatha - Buffer Zone	मध्यवर्ती क्षेत्र (VI)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-
Forest	-
Grassland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Makalu Barun National Park (Nepal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/makalu-barun-national-park-iba-nepal on 22/12/2024.