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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
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2, A3
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii	VU	resident	2004	present	A1, A2, A3
Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A2, A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Salkhala	Wildlife Sanctuary	81

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Thorn forest (tropical)	-
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salkala Wildlife Sanctuary (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salkala-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-pakistan on 23/11/2024.