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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
Dusky Scrubfowl Megapodius freycinet	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-pigeon Ducula basilica	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Spectacled Imperial-pigeon Ducula perspicillata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Grey-headed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Blue-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus monacha	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Moluccan Goshawk Accipiter henicogrammus	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2
Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythrauchen	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2
Blue-and-white Kingfisher Todiramphus diops	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
Violet-necked Lory Eos squamata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Pitta maxima	NR	resident (2000)	present	A2
White-streaked Friarbird Melitograis gilolensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Dusky Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus	NT	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
Drab Whistler Pachycephala griseonota	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Rufous-bellied Triller Lalage aurea	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Long-billed Crow Corvus validus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Zosterops atriceps	NR	resident (2000)	present	A2
Dicaeum erythrothorax	NR	resident (2000)	present	A2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	91

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-

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