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Mount Isarog National Park


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica NT resident (1988) present A2
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus NT resident (1961) present A2
Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus LC resident (1988) uncommon A2
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi LC resident (1988) present A2
Luzon Highland Scops-owl Otus longicornis LC resident (1988) present A2
North Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus philippensis EN resident (1981) present A1
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae LC resident (1988) uncommon A2
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus LC resident (1961) present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident (1988) present A1
Whiskered Pitta Erythropitta kochi LC resident (1988–1997) present A1, A2
Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris LC resident (1988) common A2
Blackish Cicadabird Edolisoma coerulescens LC resident (1961) present A2
Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae NT resident (1988) present A2
Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus LC resident (1988) uncommon A2
Robsonius rabori NR resident (1988) present A2
Chestnut-faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi LC resident (1988) common A2
Cyornis herioti NR resident (1961) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2002 Mt. Isarog Natural Park Natural Park (II) 99

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Isarog National Park (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-isarog-national-park-iba-philippines on 23/12/2024.