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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
Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	resident	2002	present	A1
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris	CR	non-breeding	2002	present	A1
Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri	NT	resident	2002	present	A3
Grey-headed Parakeet Himalayapsitta finschii	NT	resident	2002	present	A3
Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii	LC	resident	2002	common	A3
Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis	LC	breeding	2002	common	A3
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Indochinese Green Magpie Cissa hypoleuca	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Grey-faced Tit-babbler Mixornis kelleyi	LC	resident	2002	common	A2, A3
Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Golden-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Dong Houa Sao	National Biodiversity Conservation Area	10

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xe Khampho / Xe Pian (Laos). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xe-khampho--xe-pian-iba-laos on 22/11/2024.