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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	non-breeding	1985	11-21 individuals	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	2002	1 breeding pairs	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter	1985-1986	11-16 individuals	A1
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	winter	1985	1,179 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	passage	1986	1,206 individuals	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	winter	1985-1986	1,600-1,800 individuals	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	winter	1986	3,350 individuals	A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter	1986	2,060 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1986	2,650 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	winter	1986	3,900 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	1986	2,540 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Pulau Bruit	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies	major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Bruit National Park (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-bruit-national-park-iba-malaysia on 22/11/2024.