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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Salkhala	Wildlife Sanctuary (IV)	81

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

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 24/12/2024.