Papikonda National Park


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2008 Papikonda National Park 25


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 22/11/2024.