Key Biodiversity Areas

Kelabit Highlands (16067)
Malaysia, Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesBatrachostomus hartertiDulit FrogmouthLC2018B2link-icon
AmphibiaPelophryne murudensisCR2018A1elink-icon
AmphibiaAnsonia viduaMurud Black Slender ToadCR2023A1elink-icon
AmphibiaLeptobrachium kantonishikawaiCR2023A1elink-icon
AmphibiaPelophryne linanitensisCR2018A1elink-icon
AvesHarpactes whiteheadiWhitehead's TrogonLC2018B2link-icon
AvesSpilornis kinabaluensisKinabalu Serpent-eagleNT2018B2link-icon
AvesOriolus hosiiBlack OrioleNT2018B2link-icon
AvesZoothera everettiEverett's ThrushNT2018B2link-icon
AvesVauriella gularisEyebrowed Jungle-flycatcherLC2018B2link-icon
AvesGypsophila crassaMountain Wren-babblerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesDicaeum monticolumBlack-sided FlowerpeckerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesArachnothera juliaeWhitehead's SpiderhunterLC2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesMelanoperdix nigerBlack PartridgeVU2004link-icon
AvesLophura bulweriBulwer's PheasantVU2004link-icon
AvesBerenicornis comatusWhite-crowned HornbillEN2004link-icon
AvesNyctyornis amictusRed-bearded Bee-eaterLC2004link-icon
AvesZanclostomus javanicusRed-billed MalkohaLC2004link-icon
AvesCentropus rectunguisShort-toed CoucalVU2004link-icon
AvesOtus rufescensReddish Scops-owlNT2004link-icon
AvesLyncornis temminckiiMalay Eared-nightjarLC2004link-icon
AvesCalyptomena hosiiHose's BroadbillLC2004link-icon
AvesPellorneum capistratum_oldBlack-capped Babbler2004link-icon
AvesAnthracoceros malayanusBlack HornbillVU2004link-icon
AvesBuceros rhinocerosRhinoceros HornbillVU2004link-icon
AvesAnorrhinus galeritusBushy-crested HornbillNT2004link-icon
AvesRhabdotorrhinus corrugatusWrinkled HornbillEN2004link-icon
AvesHarpactes diardiiDiard's TrogonNT2004link-icon
AvesAlcedo euryzona_oldBlue-banded Kingfisher2004link-icon
AvesActenoides concretusRufous-collared KingfisherNT2004link-icon
AvesPhaenicophaeus sumatranusChestnut-bellied MalkohaNT2004link-icon
AvesTreron olaxLittle Green-pigeonLC2004link-icon
AvesTreron capelleiLarge Green-pigeonVU2004link-icon
AvesRamphiculus jambuJambu Fruit-doveNT2004link-icon
AvesArborophila hyperythraBornean PartridgeLC2004link-icon
AvesCaloperdix oculeusFerruginous PartridgeNT2004link-icon
AvesHaematortyx sanguinicepsCrimson-headed PartridgeLC2004link-icon
AvesRollulus rouloulCrested PartridgeVU2004link-icon
AvesSasia abnormisRufous PiculetLC2004link-icon
AvesPicus puniceusCrimson-winged WoodpeckerLC2004link-icon
AvesChloropicoides rafflesiiOlive-backed WoodpeckerNT2004link-icon
AvesBlythipicus rubiginosusMaroon WoodpeckerLC2004link-icon
AvesChrysocolaptes validusOrange-backed WoodpeckerLC2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon chrysopogonGold-whiskered BarbetLC2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon rafflesiiRed-crowned BarbetNT2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon mystacophanosRed-throated BarbetNT2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon monticolaMountain BarbetLC2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon pulcherrimusGolden-naped BarbetLC2004link-icon
AvesPsilopogon eximiusBornean BarbetLC2004link-icon
AvesBubo sumatranusBarred Eagle-owlNT2004link-icon
AvesBatrachostomus mixtusBornean FrogmouthLC2004link-icon
AvesBatrachostomus cornutusSunda FrogmouthLC2004link-icon
AvesHydrornis caeruleusGiant PittaNT2004link-icon
AvesErythropitta arquataBlue-banded PittaLC2004link-icon
AvesCalyptomena whiteheadiWhitehead's BroadbillLC2004link-icon
AvesOriolus cruentus_oldBlack-and-crimson Oriole2004link-icon
AvesEupetes macrocerusRail-babblerNT2004link-icon
AvesPachycephala hypoxanthaBornean WhistlerLC2004link-icon
AvesPlatylophus galericulatusCrested ShrikejayNT2004link-icon
AvesDendrocitta occipitalis_oldSunda Treepie2004link-icon
AvesPityriasis gymnocephalaBornean BristleheadVU2004link-icon
AvesCoracina larvataSunda CuckooshrikeLC2004link-icon
AvesRhipidura perlataSpotted FantailLC2004link-icon
AvesPhilentoma pyrhopteraRufous-winged PhilentomaLC2004link-icon
AvesPhilentoma velataMaroon-breasted PhilentomaNT2004link-icon
AvesChlamydochaera jefferyiFruithunterLC2004link-icon
AvesFicedula dumetoria_oldRufous-chested Flycatcher2004link-icon
AvesEumyias indigoIndigo FlycatcherLC2004link-icon
AvesCyornis superbusBornean Blue-flycatcherLC2004link-icon
AvesCyornis caerulatusLarge-billed Blue-flycatcherVU2004link-icon
AvesPycnonotus simplexCream-vented Bulbul2004link-icon
AvesPycnonotus brunneusRed-eyed BulbulLC2004link-icon
AvesIxidia erythropthalmosSpectacled BulbulLC2004link-icon
AvesAlophoixus ochraceus_oldOchraceous Bulbul2004link-icon
AvesZosterops emiliaeMountain Black-eyeLC2004link-icon
AvesUrosphena whiteheadiBornean StubtailLC2004link-icon
AvesMelanocichla lugubrisBlack BabblerLC2004link-icon
AvesPterorhinus mitratusChestnut-capped Laughingthrush2004link-icon
AvesPellorneum rostratumWhite-chested BabblerNT2004link-icon
AvesPellorneum bicolorFerruginous BabblerLC2004link-icon
AvesPellorneum pyrrogenysTemminck's BabblerLC2004link-icon
AvesPomatorhinus montanusChestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler2004link-icon
AvesStachyris leucotisWhite-necked BabblerNT2004link-icon
AvesAlcippe brunneicaudaBrown FulvettaNT2004link-icon
AvesStaphida everettiChestnut-crested YuhinaLC2004link-icon
AvesPrionochilus xanthopygiusYellow-rumped FlowerpeckerLC2004link-icon
AvesDicaeum everettiBrown-backed FlowerpeckerNT2004link-icon
AvesAethopyga mystacalis_oldScarlet Sunbird2004link-icon
AvesArachnothera flavigasterSpectacled SpiderhunterLC2004link-icon
AvesArachnothera affinis_oldGrey-breasted Spiderhunter2004link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Kelabit Highlands. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 18, 2025.