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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1939	Rutong	Protection Forest	100
1993	Ruteng	Taman Wisata Alam	79

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		82

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.