Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Vientiane (Laos)

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Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Vientiane

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2003 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
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii	NT	breeding	2002	present	A4i
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	breeding	2002	present	A4i
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	LC	non-breeding	2002	rare	A3
Jerdon's Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Vientiane (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mekong-river-from-luang-prabang-to-vientiane-iba-laos on 23/11/2024.