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Mount Timolan


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 Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1969-1975 present A1
Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus NT resident 1990-1999 present A2
Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis LC resident 1990-1999 present A2
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1980 present A1

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
- Mount Timolan Buffer Zone Protected Landscape/Seascape - Buffer Zone 8
2000 Mount Timolan Protected Landscape 95

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 Timolan (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-timolan-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.