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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2017	KKPD SAWO-LAHEWA DAN PERAIRAN SEKITARNYA KABUPATEN NIAS UTARA	Taman Wisata Perairan	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	-
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.