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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident (2000)	present	A1, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2017	KKPD SAWO-LAHEWA DAN PERAIRAN SEKITARNYA KABUPATEN NIAS UTARA	Taman Wisata Perairan (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Rice paddies; Forestry and agro-industrial plantations
Forest	-

Land use	% of IBA
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Nias (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-nias-iba-indonesia on 23/12/2024.