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Mount Dingalan


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 Eagle-owl Bubo philippensis VU resident 1996-1998 present A1
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1994-1995 present A1
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus LC resident 1997-1998 present A1
Golden-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus dennistouni NT resident 1990-1999 present A2
Luzon Water-redstart Phoenicurus bicolor NT resident 1997 present A1, A2
Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies VU resident 1997 present A1, 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
1992 Dibalo-Pingit-Zabali-Malayat Watershed Forest Reserve 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 Dingalan (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-dingalan-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.