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The site was identified as important in 2007 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 Green-pigeon Treron olax	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	1994	present	A1, A3
Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans	NT	resident	2004	present	A3
Malay Brown Barbet Caloramphus hayii	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Spectacled Bulbul Ixidia erythropthalmos	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1983-2003	12,500-20,000 individuals	A4iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1926	Port Dickson	Wildlife Reserve	90
1953	Tanjung Tuan	Virgin Jungle Reserve	100

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tanjung Tuan (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tanjung-tuan-iba-malaysia on 23/11/2024.