Noorukuppalakonda Reserve Forest


IBA Justification

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.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata LC resident (2015) present A3
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus LC resident (2015) present A3
Jungle Bush-quail Perdicula asiatica LC resident (2015) present A3
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus LC resident (2015) present A3
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus LC resident (2015) present A3
Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii LC resident (2015) present A3
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus LC resident (2015) present A3
Mottled Wood-owl Strix ocellata LC resident (2015) present A3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus EN non-breeding (2015) present A1
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa LC resident (2015) present A3
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris LC resident (2015) present A3
Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus LC resident (2015) present A3
White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus LC resident (2015) present A3
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense LC resident (2015) present A3
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis LC resident (2015) present A3
Plum-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta cyanocephala LC resident (2015) present A3
Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus LC resident (2015) present A3
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus LC resident (2015) present A3
Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea LC resident (2015) present A3
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens LC resident (2015) present A3
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix griseus LC resident (2015) present A3
Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera LC resident (2015) present A3
Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica LC resident (2015) present A3
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis LC resident (2015) present A3
Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus LC resident (2015) present A1, A2, A3
White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus LC resident (2015) present A3
Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi LC resident (2015) present A3
Jungle Babbler Argya striata LC resident (2015) present A3
Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum LC breeding (2015) present A3
Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus LC resident (2015) present A3


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Noorukuppalakonda Reserve Forest (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/noorukuppalakonda-reserve-forest-iba-india on 22/12/2024.