The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii |
VU |
resident (2015) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus |
VU |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Malabar Barbet Psilopogon malabaricus |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus |
NT |
resident (2015) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| House Swallow Hirundo javanica |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus |
NT |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Nilgiri Chilappan Montecincla cachinnans |
NT |
resident (2015) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Nilgiri Sholakili Sholicola major |
NT |
resident (2015) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Malabar Whistling-thrush Myophonus horsfieldii |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti |
LC |
resident (2015) |
present |
A3 |
