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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
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea	VU	resident (2015)	present	A1
Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda	EN	resident (2015)	present	A1
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus	NT	resident (2015)	present	A3
Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus	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
Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus	LC	breeding (2015)	present	A3
Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola	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
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
Indian Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Jungle Babbler Argya striata	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Malabar Whistling-thrush Myophonus horsfieldii	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3
Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti	LC	resident (2015)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Papikonda	National Park (II)	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Papikonda National Park (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/papikonda-national-park-iba-india on 23/12/2024.