PH013
North Eastern Cagayan Protected Landscape and Seascape


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
Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica NT resident 1870-1900 present A2
Spotted Imperial-pigeon Ducula carola VU resident 1900 present A1
Cream-bellied Fruit-dove Ramphiculus merrilli NT resident 1900-1930 present A2
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus NT resident 1950-1980 present A2
Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus LC resident 1960 present A2
Scale-feathered Malkoha Lepidogrammus cumingi LC resident 1870-1900 present A2
Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi CR resident 1980-1989 present A1
North Philippine Hawk-eagle Nisaetus philippensis EN resident 1880-1900 present A1
North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus LC resident 1960 present A1
Green Racquet-tail Prioniturus luconensis EN resident 1960 present A1, A2
Whiskered Pitta Erythropitta kochi LC resident 1960 present A1, A2
Isabela Oriole Oriolus isabellae CR resident 1960 present A1, A2
Blackish Cicadabird Edolisoma coerulescens LC resident 1950-1980 present A2
Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae NT resident 1970 present A2
Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis VU resident 1960 present A1, A2
White-fronted Tit Sittiparus semilarvatus NT resident 1870-1900 present A2
Robsonius rabori NR resident 1960 present A2
Golden-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus dennistouni NT resident 1870-1900 present A2
Luzon Striped Babbler Zosterornis striatus LC resident 1870-1900 present A2
Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher Cyornis herioti NT resident 1870-1900 present A2
Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum anthonyi LC resident 1900-1930 present 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
1987 Wangag Watershed Forest Reserve 4
1987 Bawa Watershed Forest Reserve 3
2000 Magapit Protected Landscape <1

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Eastern Cagayan Protected Landscape and Seascape (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-eastern-cagayan-protected-landscape-and-seascape-iba-philippines on 22/11/2024.