Key Biodiversity Areas

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park / Cleopatra's Needle (9752)
Philippines, Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
MalvalesDipterocarpus gracilisCR2006link-icon
MalvalesDipterocarpus grandiflorusCR2006link-icon
FabalesIntsia bijugaMerbauVU2006link-icon
AvesChloropsis palawanensisYellow-throated LeafbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTringa guttiferSpotted GreenshankEN2006link-icon
AvesIxos palawanensisSulphur-bellied BulbulLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCopsychus nigerWhite-vented ShamaLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMalacopteron palawanenseMelodious BabblerLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesPrionochilus plateniPalawan FlowerpeckerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPtilocichla falcataFalcated Wren-babblerVU2006link-icon
AvesParus amabilisPalawan TitLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesPrioniturus platenaeBlue-headed Racquet-tailVU2006link-icon
MammaliaTupaia palawanensisPalawan TreeshrewVU2006link-icon
MammaliaMydaus marcheiPalawan Stink-badgerVU2006link-icon
MammaliaSundasciurus raboriPalawan Montane SquirrelVU2006link-icon
MammaliaAcerodon leucotisPalawan Flying FoxVU2006link-icon
ReptiliaDraco palawanensisLC2006link-icon
AvesEgretta eulophotesChinese EgretVU2006link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone cyanescensBlue Paradise-flycatcherLR/nt2001link-icon
MammaliaCrocidura palawanensisPalawan ShrewVU2006link-icon
MammaliaSundasciurus juvencusNorthern Palawan Tree SquirrelEN2006link-icon
ReptiliaSiebenrockiella leytensisPhilippine Pond TurtleCR2006link-icon
AvesCollocalia palawanensisPalawan SwiftletLR/lc2001link-icon
MalvalesDipterocarpus hasseltiiCR2006link-icon
LamialesVitex parvifloraVU2006link-icon
AvesMalacocincla cinereicepsAshy-headed BabblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthracoceros marcheiPalawan HornbillVU2006link-icon
AvesPolyplectron napoleonisPalawan Peacock-pheasantVU2006link-icon
AvesFicedula platenaePalawan FlycatcherVU2006link-icon
AvesCyornis lemprieriPalawan Blue-flycatcherLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesOtus fuliginosusPalawan Scops-owlLR/nt2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park / Cleopatra's Needle. 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 14, 2025.