Key Biodiversity Areas

Victoria and Anepahan Ranges (9753)
Philippines, Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesChloropsis palawanensisYellow-throated LeafbirdLC2018B2link-icon
AvesZosterornis hypogrammicusPalawan Striped BabblerNT2018B2link-icon
AvesPrionochilus plateniPalawan FlowerpeckerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesOtus fuliginosusPalawan Scops-owlNT2018B2link-icon
AvesKittacincla nigraWhite-vented ShamaLC2018B2link-icon
AvesTrichastoma cinereicepsAshy-headed BabblerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesPolyplectron napoleonisPalawan Peacock-pheasantVU2018B2link-icon
AvesFicedula platenaePalawan FlycatcherVU2018B2link-icon
AvesCyornis lemprieriPalawan Blue-flycatcherNT2018B2link-icon
AvesPrioniturus platenaeBlue-headed Racquet-tailVU2018B2link-icon
AvesMalacopteron palawanenseMelodious BabblerNT2018B2link-icon
AvesPardaliparus amabilisPalawan TitNT2018B2link-icon
AvesAnthracoceros marcheiPalawan HornbillVU2018B2link-icon
AvesPtilocichla falcataFalcated Wren-babblerVU2018B2link-icon
AvesIole palawanensisSulphur-bellied BulbulLC2018B2link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone cyanescensBlue Paradise-flycatcherLC2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AmphibiaLimnonectes acanthiVU2006link-icon
AmphibiaMegophrys ligayaePalawan Horned FrogEN2006link-icon
LamialesVitex parvifloraVU2006link-icon
MalpighialesAntidesma obliquinerviumVU2006link-icon
MammaliaMydaus marcheiPalawan Stink-badgerVU2006link-icon
AvesEgretta eulophotesChinese EgretVU2006link-icon
MalvalesDipterocarpus hasseltiiCR2006link-icon
Diospyros pulgarensisVU2006link-icon
MalvalesDipterocarpus grandiflorusCR2006link-icon
MalvalesDipterocarpus gracilisCR2006link-icon
AmphibiaPelophryne albotaeniataPALAWAN TOADLETEN2006link-icon
AmphibiaBarbourula busuangensisPhilippine Flat-headed FrogVU2006link-icon
AvesCollocalia palawanensisPalawan SwiftletLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesGorsachius goisagiJapanese Night-heronEN2006link-icon
AvesNisaetus philippensisVU2006link-icon
MammaliaTupaia palawanensisPalawan TreeshrewVU2006link-icon
MammaliaSundasciurus juvencusNorthern Palawan Tree SquirrelEN2006link-icon
MammaliaAcerodon leucotisPalawan Flying FoxVU2006link-icon
MammaliaSundasciurus raboriPalawan Montane SquirrelVU2006link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Victoria and Anepahan Ranges. 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 12, 2025.