Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis	NT	resident	2015	present	A1, A3
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis	CR	breeding	2015	present	A1, A3
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Asian Woollyneck Ciconia episcopus	NT	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus	CR	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris	CR	non-breeding	2015	present	A1
Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla	VU	resident	2015	present	A1
Indian Grass-babbler Graminicola bengalensis	NT	resident	2015	present	A3
Striated Babbler Argya earlei	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus	LC	resident	2015	present	A3
Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis	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.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pilibhit-tiger-reserve-iba-india on 22/11/2024.