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Mounts Banahaw-San Cristobal 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
Cream-bellied Fruit-dove Ramphiculus merrilli NT resident 1900-1930 present A2
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove Ramphiculus marchei VU resident 1995 uncommon A1, A2
Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus LC resident 1900-1930 present A2
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi LC resident 1900-1930 present A2
Philippine Eagle-owl Bubo philippensis VU resident 1880-1900 present A1
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1989 present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident 1900-1919 present A1
Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris LC resident 1990-1999 present A2
Chestnut-faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi LC resident 1990-1999 present A2
Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea VU resident 1976 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
2009 Mts. Banahaw- San Cristobal PL Protected Landscape 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: Mounts Banahaw-San Cristobal National Park (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mounts-banahaw-san-cristobal-national-park-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.