Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary (India) IBA | Details

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Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2, A3
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus	VU	resident (2004)	present	A2, A3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	medium	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	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Peppara	Sanctuary (IV)	100
2012	Western Ghats	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Grassland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/peppara-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 23/12/2024.