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Sibutu and Tumindao Islands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Grey Imperial-pigeon Ducula pickeringii VU resident (1880–1900) present A1, A2
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes VU non-breeding (1990) present A1
Mantanani Scops-owl Otus mantananensis LC resident (1950–1980) present A2
Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides ramsayi VU resident (1971) present A1
Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia CR resident (1900–1949) present A1
Sulu Racquet-tail Prioniturus verticalis CR resident (1971) present A1, A2
Hypsipetes everetti NR resident (1950–1980) present A2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sibutu and Tumindao Islands (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sibutu-and-tumindao-islands-iba-philippines on 23/12/2024.