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Mount Dajo National Park


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
Grey Imperial-pigeon Ducula pickeringii VU resident 1880-1900 present A1, A2
Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani CR resident 1900 present A1, A2
Rufous-lored Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli VU resident 1880-1900 present A1
Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides ramsayi VU resident 1880-1900 present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1900-1919 present A1
Hypsipetes everetti NR resident 1900-1949 present A2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1938 Mount Dajo National Park 100

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 Dajo National Park (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-dajo-national-park-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.