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Mount Isarog 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
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

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
2002 Mt. Isarog Natural Park Natural Park 99

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