• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Ramphiculus fischeri	NR	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sombre Pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2
Dwarf Sparrowhawk Accipiter nanus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher Actenoides princeps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Pygmy Hanging-parrot Loriculus exilis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Dark-eared Myza Myza celebensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
White-eared Myza Myza sarasinorum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sulphur-bellied Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Pied Cuckooshrike Coracina bicolor	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2
Rusty-bellied Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Phylloscopus sarasinorum	NR	resident (2000)	present	A2
Streak-headed White-eye Heleia squamiceps	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Pale-bellied White-eye Zosterops consobrinorum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Fiery-browed Starling Enodes erythrophris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Geomalia Zoothera heinrichi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Great Shortwing Heinrichia calligyna	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Northern Hylocitrea Hylocitrea bonensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Mangolo	Taman Wisata Alam (V)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	98

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mekongga (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mekongga-iba-indonesia on 22/12/2024.