Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Nilgiri Woodpigeon Columba elphinstonii |
VU |
resident (2004) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola |
VU |
winter (2004) |
present |
A1 |
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus |
VU |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
passage (2004) |
present |
A1 |
Malabar Parakeet Nicopsitta columboides |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus |
NT |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima |
LC |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis |
VU |
resident (2004) |
present |
A2, A3 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2003 |
not assessed |
low |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
good |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1984 |
Shendurney
|
Sanctuary (IV) |
100 |
2012 |
Western Ghats
|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) |
100 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
forestry |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shendurney-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 23/12/2024.