Megamalai Mountains (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Megamalai Mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii	VU	resident	2015	present	A1, A2
Asian Woollyneck Ciconia episcopus	NT	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus	VU	resident	2015	present	A2
Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus	NT	resident	2015	present	A1, A2
Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus	NT	resident	2015	present	A2
Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
Banasura Chilappan Montecincla jerdoni	EN	resident	2015	present	A1, A2
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
White-bellied Sholakili Sholicola albiventris	NT	resident	2015	present	A1, A2
Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima	LC	resident	2015	present	A2
Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis	VU	resident	2015	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Megamalai Mountains (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/megamalai-mountains-iba-india on 23/11/2024.