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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon Ducula lacernulata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Wallace's Scops-owl Otus silvicola	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Flores Scops-owl Otus alfredi	EN	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Lichmera lombokia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Flores Minivet Pericrocotus lansbergei	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Sumba Cicadabird Edolisoma dohertyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Timor Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus presbytes	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Russet-capped Tesia Tesia everetti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Cream-browed White-eye Heleia superciliaris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Thick-billed White-eye Heleia crassirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Crested White-eye Heleia dohertyi	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi	NT	resident (2000)	present	A2
Russet-backed Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias oscillans	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Golden-rumped Flowerpecker Dicaeum annae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Black-fronted Flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2
Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1939	Rutong	Protection Forest (VI)	100
1993	Ruteng	Taman Wisata Alam (V)	79

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	82

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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