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IN441
Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park
Location India
Central coordinates 93o 2.00' East  22o 39.00' North
IBA criteria A1, A2
Area 5,000 ha
Altitude 1,360 - 2,157m
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
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2  Vulnerable 
Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Near Threatened 
Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A1, A2  Vulnerable 
Striped Laughingthrush Garrulax virgatus -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2  Least Concern 
Brown-capped Laughingthrush Garrulax austeni -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2  Least Concern 
Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2  Least Concern 
White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri -  2004  present [units unknown]  -  A2  Least Concern 

Protected areas

Protected area Designation Area (ha) Relationship with IBA Overlap with IBA (ha)  
Phawngpui (Blue Mountain National Park 5,000 is identical to site 5,000  

Habitats

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

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Blue Mountain (Phawngpui) National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013

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