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Mounts Zao and Funagata


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus LC breeding (2003) present A3
Japanese Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata LC breeding (2003) present A3
Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige LC breeding (2003) present A3
Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida LC breeding (2003) present A3
Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata LC breeding (2003) present A3
Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis LC breeding (2003) present A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2015 poor low medium
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat -

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest good (>90%) poor (40–69%) poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Energy production and mining likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Geological events likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Human intrusions and disturbance likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Pollution likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low
Transportation and service corridors likely in long term (>4 years) few indivi­duals/small area (<10%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation A compre­hensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species Some limited conservation initiatives are in place medium

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Zao / Funagata Prefectural National Park Other (-) -
1947 Futakuchi kyokoku 都道府県立自然公園 (V) 8
1947 Zao kogen 都道府県立自然公園 (V) 3
1951 Gosho zan 都道府県立自然公園 (V) 13
1962 Funagata renpo 都道府県立自然公園 (V) 24
1963 Zao 国定公園 (V) 76
1968 Izumigatake 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) <1
1970 Sekiyama 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 2
1979 Funagata 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 9
1981 Zao renpo 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 39
1984 Zao 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 6
1986 Goshozan 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 4
1998 Yamadera amayobariyama 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 3
2000 Ouu Mountain Range 緑の回廊 (V) 16
2004 Chokai-Asahi and Iide-Azuma 緑の回廊 (V) 4
2006 Osaki seibu 都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV) 7

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mounts Zao and Funagata (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mounts-zao-and-funagata-iba-japan on 23/12/2024.