PH096
Munai / Tambo


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera VU resident (1967) present A1, A2
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident (1960–1969) present A1
South Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx mindanensis LC resident (1965) present A1
Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni LC resident (1967) present A1, A2
Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii VU resident (1967) present A1, A2
Mindanao Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops steerii VU resident (1965) present A1, A2
Rusty-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus capitalis LC resident (1960–1969) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1965 Lake Dapao National Park (V) <1
1992 Lake Lanao Watershed Reservation Watershed Forest Reserve (V) 4
2007 Mount Inayawan Range Natural Park (II) 8

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Munai / Tambo (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/munai--tambo-iba-philippines on 23/12/2024.