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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

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%)	good

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 popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Virachey	National Park and ASEAN Heritage Park (II)	74

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
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

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 23/12/2024.