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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	non-breeding	2002	present	A1
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	non-breeding	2002	rare	A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	non-breeding	2002	rare	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Siamese Crocodile Crocodylus siamensis	3	3	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Dong Peng	Multiple Use Management Area	89

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Peat swamp forest (tropical), Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Small settlements, rural gardens, Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground	minor (<10)
Grassland	Edaphic grassland	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sre Ambel (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sre-ambel-iba-cambodia on 22/11/2024.