O Skach (Cambodia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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O Skach

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus	EN	resident	1998	common	A1
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	CR	resident	1998	rare	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	not assessed	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Small settlements, rural gardens	-
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Dry deciduous forest (tropical)	-
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools, Rivers and streams, Riverine floodplains	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
military	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: O Skach (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/o-skach-iba-cambodia on 22/11/2024.