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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
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	resident	2002	common	A4i
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris	CR	resident	2002	present	A1, A3
Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Grey-faced Tit-babbler Mixornis kelleyi	LC	resident	2002	present	A2
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae	NT	resident	2002	present	A2

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Sand dunes and beaches	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siphandon (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/siphandon-iba-laos on 22/11/2024.