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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata	CR	resident	2000	frequent	A1
Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A3
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus	CR	non-breeding	2000	rare	A1
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident	2000	common	A1
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea	EN	resident	2000	common	A1
Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi	EN	resident	2000	frequent	A1, A3
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident	2000	rare	A1
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT	winter	1988-1989	521 individuals	A4i
Wallace's Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus	VU	resident	2000	frequent	A1, A3
Malay Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae	NT	resident	2000	present	A1, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Way Kambas	Taman Nasional	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Secondary grassland	60
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical), Peat swamp forest (tropical)	35
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		5
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Way Kambas (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/way-kambas-iba-indonesia on 23/11/2024.