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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
Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi	VU	winter	1966	present	A1
Giant Scops-owl Otus gurneyi	VU	resident	1966	present	A1, A2
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi	CR	resident	1966	present	A1
Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	NT	resident	1966	present	A2
South Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx mindanensis	LC	resident	1966	present	A1
Southern Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx argentatus	NT	resident	1966	common	A1, A2
Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii	VU	resident	1966	present	A1, A2
Mindanao Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops steerii	VU	resident	1966	present	A1, A2
White-fronted Tit Sittiparus semilarvatus	NT	resident	1950-1980	present	A2
Rusty-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus capitalis	LC	resident	1966	present	A2

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

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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