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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	resident (2002)	abundant	A4i
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae	NT	resident (2002)	present	A2

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	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
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Phou Xiengthong	National Biodiversity Conservation Area (VI)	29

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

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 23/12/2024.