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Thungri - Chaglang - Poshingla Maji, Basti and Liak area


IBA Justification

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
Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii NT resident 2002 present A1, A2
Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri LC resident 2004 present A1, A2
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii VU resident 2002 present A1, A2
Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi LC resident 2002 present A2
Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni LC resident 2002 present A2
Brown-throated Fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi LC resident 2002 present A2
Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus LC resident 2002 present A2
Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella LC resident 2002 present A2
Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra NT resident 2002 present A1, A2

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Thungri - Chaglang - Poshingla Maji, Basti and Liak area (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/thungri--chaglang--poshingla-maji-basti-and-liak-area-iba-india on 22/11/2024.