Sesan River (Cambodia) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Sesan River This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 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
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident (1998)	common	A1
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii	NT	non-breeding (1998)	abundant	A4i
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	resident (1998)	abundant	A4i
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding (1998)	present	A1
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae	NT	resident (1998)	common	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Small settlements, rural gardens
Forest	-	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical); Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical); Dry deciduous forest (tropical)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-
Shrubland	-	Secondary scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-	Riverine floodplains; Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sesan River (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sesan-river-iba-cambodia on 23/12/2024.