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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
Blue-tailed Imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Philemon moluccensis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Rufous-sided Gerygone Gerygone dorsalis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Oriolus bouroensis	NR	resident	2000	present	A2
Cinnamon-tailed Fantail Rhipidura fuscorufa	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Long-tailed Fantail Rhipidura opistherythra	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Black-bibbed Monarch Symposiachrus mundus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Tanimbar Flyrobin Microeca hemixantha	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Tanimbar Bush-warbler Horornis carolinae	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Tanimbar Starling Aplonis crassa	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Fawn-breasted Thrush Zoothera machiki	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Slaty-backed Thrush Geokichla schistacea	NT	resident	2000	present	A2
Tricoloured Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Tanimbar	Suaka Margasatwa	49
1978	Pulau Nustaram	Cagar Alam	3
1978	Pulau Nuswotar	Cagar Alam	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		87
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tanimbar Tengah (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tanimbar-tengah-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.