Table 3 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Kangchenjunga Landscape
IBA* | Country | Protected area | Significant bird species |
|---|---|---|---|
Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve (BT002) (formerly known as Toorsa Strict Nature Reserve) | Bhutan | √ | Chestnut-breasted Partridge |
Wood Snipe Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Samtse (BT003) | Bhutan | Â | Rufous-necked Hornbill |
Chele La (BT004) | Bhutan | Wood Snipe | |
Paro wetlands (BT005) | Bhutan | Wood Snipe | |
Kamji (BT007) | Bhutan | Rufous-necked Hornbill | |
Lava-Neora Valley National Park (IN322) | India | √ | Eastern-imperial Eagle |
Pale-capped Pigeon | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Black-breasted Parrotbill Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (IN323) | India | √ | White rumped Vulture |
Slender-billed Vulture | |||
Bengal Florican | |||
Swamp Francolin | |||
Lesser Adjutant | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Black-breasted Parrotbill | |||
Singhalila National Park (IN325) | India | √ | Chestnut-breasted Partridge |
Greater-spotted Eagle | |||
Wood Snipe | |||
Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary (IN327) | India | √ | Pallas’s Fish-eagle Black-breasted Parrotbill |
Dombang Valley-Lachung-Lema-Tsungthang (IN328) | India | Â | Wood Snipe |
Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
FambongLho Wildlife Sanctuary-Himalayan Zoological Park-Ratey Chu Reserve Forest (IN329) | India | √ | White rumped Vulture |
Slender-billed Vulture | |||
Chestnut-breasted Partridge | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
Khangchendzonga National Park and Biosphere Reserve (IN330) | India | √ | Baer’s pochard |
Pallas’s Fish-eagle | |||
Black-breasted Parrotbill | |||
Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary-Tsomgo-Tamze-Chola Complex (IN331) | India | √ | Greater-spotted Eagle |
Pallas’s Fish-eagle | |||
Wood Snipe | |||
Lhonak Valley (IN332) | India | Â | Wood Snipe |
Black-necked Crane | |||
Lowland forests of South Sikkim (IN333) | India | Â | White rumped vulture |
Slender-billed Vulture | |||
Chestnut-breasted Partridge | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Grey-crowned Prinia | |||
Slender-billed Babbler | |||
Black-breasted Parrotbill | |||
Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary-Tendong Reserve Forest (IN334) | India | √ | Chestnut-breasted Partridge |
Blyth’s Tragopan | |||
Greater-spotted Eagle | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Beautiful Nuthatch | |||
Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary-Zuluk-Bedang Tso-Natula Complex (IN335) | India | √ | Chestnut-breasted Partridge |
Greater-spotted Eagle | |||
Pallas’s Fish-eagle | |||
Wood Snipe | |||
Rufous-necked Hornbill | |||
Grey-crowned Prinia | |||
Slender-billed Babbler Black-breasted Parrotbill | |||
Tso Lhamo Plateau-Lashar-Sebu La-Yumesandong Complex (IN336) | India | Â | Greater-spotted Eagle |
Wood Snipe | |||
Black-necked Crane | |||
Yumthang-Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary (IN337) | India | √ | Wood Snipe |
Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (NP010) | Nepal | √ | Wood Snipe |
Spiny Babbler | |||
Mai Valley Forests (NP015) | Nepal | Â | White Rumped Vulture |
Slender-billed Vulture | |||
Red-headed Vulture | |||
Wood Snipe | |||
Greater-spotted Eagle | |||
Lesser Adjutant | |||
Spiny Babbler | |||
Tamur Valley and Watershed (NP026) | Nepal | Â | Spiny Babbler |