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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	no deteri­oration (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No manage­ment planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Phou Khao Khoay	National Biodiversity Conservation Area (VI)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	82	Moist deciduous forest (tropical)
Grassland	18	Secondary grassland

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phou Khaokhoay (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/phou-khaokhoay-iba-laos on 21/01/2025.