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Usun Apau plateau


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Bornean Partridge Arborophila hyperythra LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus NT resident (2004) present A3
Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri VU resident (1993–1999) present A1, A3
Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus NT resident (2004) present A3
Bornean Ground-cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus VU resident (2004) present A3
Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros VU resident (2004) present A3
Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Golden-naped Barbet Psilopogon pulcherrimus LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata LC resident (2004) present A3
Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Black Oriole Oriolus hosii NT resident (2004) present A2, A3
Black-and-crimson Oriole Oriolus consanguineus LC resident (2004) present A3
Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Sunda Cuckooshrike Coracina larvata LC resident (2004) present A3
Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens LC resident (2004) present A3
Chestnut-vented Bulbul Alophoixus ruficrissus LC resident (2004) present A3
Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Pygmy White-eye Heleia squamifrons LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Mountain Black-eye Zosterops emiliae LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Black Babbler Melanocichla lugubris LC resident (2004) present A3
Mountain Wren-babbler Gypsophila crassa LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus NT resident (2004) present A2, A3
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Pterorhinus treacheri LC resident (2004) present A3
Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti NT resident (2004) present A2, A3
Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae LC resident (2004) present A2, A3
Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii LC resident (2004) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Usun Apau plateau (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/usun-apau-plateau-iba-malaysia on 27/12/2024.