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Mount Cabalantian - Mount Capoto-an complex


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica VU resident 1957 100 individuals A1
Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera VU resident 1957 present A1, A2
Philippine Eagle-owl Bubo philippensis VU resident 1900-1919 present A1
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1995 present A1
South Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus pinskeri EN resident 1957 present A1
Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis LC resident 1957 present A2
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus LC resident 1957 present A1
Northern Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx flumenicola NT resident 1970 present A1, A2
Rufous-lored Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli VU resident 1880-1900 present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1950-1959 present A1
Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii VU resident 1957 present A1, A2
Visayan Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops samarensis VU resident 1957 present A1, A2
Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae NT resident 1957 rare A2
Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis VU resident 1957 present A1, A2
Yellow-breasted Tailorbird Orthotomus samarensis LC resident 1957 rare A2
Yellowish Bulbul Hypsipetes everetti LC resident 1957 common A2
Visayan Pygmy Babbler Dasycrotapha pygmaea NT resident 1957 common A2
Striated Wren-babbler Ptilocichla mindanensis LC resident 1957 rare A2
Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi VU resident 1970 present A1, A2
Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica VU resident 1970 present A1, A2
Philippine Leafbird Chloropsis flavipennis VU resident 1970 present A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Cabalantian - Mount Capoto-an complex (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-cabalantian--mount-capoto-an-complex-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.