Yumthang - Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary (India)

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Yumthang - Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola	VU	breeding	2002	present	A1, A3
Hoary-throated Barwing Sibia nipalensis	LC	resident	2002	present	A2, A3

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	favourable	high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	good

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Singba	Sanctuary	53
1984	Shingba (Rhododendron)	Sanctuary	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yumthang - Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yumthang--shingba-rhododendron-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 22/11/2024.