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IN251
Silent Valley National Park
Location India
Central coordinates 76o 25.78' East  11o 7.90' North
IBA criteria A1, A2, A3
Area 8,952 ha
Altitude 658 - 2,383m
Year of IBA assessment 2004

Bombay Natural History Society



Populations of IBA trigger species

Species Season Period Population estimate Quality of estimate IBA Criteria IUCN Category
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon Columba elphinstonii -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2, A3  Vulnerable 
Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Near Threatened 
Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2  Vulnerable 
Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Black-chinned Laughingthrush Strophocincla cachinnans -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2, A3  Endangered 
Black-chinned Laughingthrush Strophocincla cachinnans -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Endangered 
Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2, A3  Endangered 
Black-and-rufous Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Near Threatened 
Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Near Threatened 
White-bellied Blue-flycatcher Cyornis pallipes -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Crimson-backed Sunbird Nectarinia minima -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Least Concern 
Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2, A3  Vulnerable 

Protected areas

Protected area Designation Area (ha) Relationship with IBA Overlap with IBA (ha)  
Silent Valley National Park 8,952 is identical to site 8,952  

Habitats

IUCN habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest   -

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Silent Valley National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013

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