Olango Island (Philippines) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Olango Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica	VU	resident	1987-1988	common	A1, A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1999	common	A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	1990-1999	80 individuals	A1, A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1987-1988	common	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	1999	common	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1980-1989	10,000-50,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Olango Island	Wildlife Sanctuary	35
1994	Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2000	Talima	Fish Sanctuary	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		50
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Olango Island (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/olango-island-iba-philippines on 25/11/2024.