IN428
Puliebadze-Dzukou-Zapfu


IBA Justification

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
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii VU resident 2002 present A1, A2
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda NT resident 2004 present A1, A2
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri LC resident 2002 present A2
Chevron-breasted Babbler Stachyris roberti NT resident 2002 present A2
Brown-capped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron austeni LC resident 2002 present A2
Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum LC resident 2002 present A2
Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis LC resident 2002 present A2
Streak-throated Barwing Sibia waldeni LC resident 2002 present A2

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


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2012 favourable high negligible
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Biological resource use happening now some of area/population (10-49%) moderate to rapid deterioration high
Human intrusions and disturbance happening now majority/most of area/population (50-90%) moderate to rapid deterioration high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Unknown negligible

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1980 Puliebadze Sanctuary 8

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Puliebadze-Dzukou-Zapfu (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/puliebadze-dzukou-zapfu-iba-india on 22/11/2024.