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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
Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus	LC	resident	1998	common	A3
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus	EN	resident	1998	common	A1, A3
Germain's Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron germaini	VU	resident	1998	rare	A1, A2, A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	1998	common	A3
Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri	NT	resident	1998	common	A3
Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror	LC	non-breeding	1998	uncommon	A3
Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii	LC	resident	1998	common	A3

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 (2009) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Virachey	National Park and ASEAN Heritage Park	74

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Small settlements, rural gardens	-
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical), Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical), Dry deciduous forest (tropical), Hill evergreen forest (subtropical)	-
Grassland	Edaphic grassland	-
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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