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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
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A4i
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae	NT	resident	2002	present	A2

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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Phou Xiengthong	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	29

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mekong River from Phou Xiang Thong to Siphandon (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mekong-river-from-phou-xiang-thong-to-siphandon-iba-laos on 22/11/2024.