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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
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident	1988-2003	25-42 individuals	A1, A4i
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	non-breeding	1986	rare	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter	1998-2006	7-14 individuals	A1
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter	2001	1,000-3,000 individuals	A4i
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	winter	1986	1,300 individuals	A4i

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 (2007) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Benut	Forest Reserve	-
-	Pulau Kukup	Forest Reserve	-
2003	Tanjung Piai	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6
2003	Pulau Kukup	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South-west Johor coast (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-west-johor-coast-iba-malaysia on 23/11/2024.