Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape, Philippines
Site Overview
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas) KBA identified in the CI/CEPF Conservation Outcomes booklet for the Philippines Hotspot (2006). Taxonomy, nomenclature and threat category follow the 2004 IUCN Red List.
Global KBA criteria:
Year of assessment:
2006
National site name: Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape
Central coordinates: Lat: 9.73 Long: 124.22
System:
Terrestrial, Freshwater
Altitude (m): 200 to 800
Area of KBA (ha): 12,486
Protected area coverage (%): 87
Text account
Year of compilation: 2001
Site description:Rajah Sikatuna National Park is about 8 km inland from the national road of Bilar, in the low mountain range in the south of the Bohol Island. Practically all of the significant forest on Bohol is inside this park, with only patches of intermingled plantations and dipterocarp forest elsewhere on the island. The park is characterised by rolling hills with remnant natural forest on steep limestone terrain, surrounded by plantation forest, deforested hills and grassland. Limestone (molave) forest covers c.60% of the park, grassland c.15%, forestry and agro-industrial plantations c.5%, and permanent agricultural areas c.10%. Four natural springs, the Logarita, Anislag, Mabugnao and Aghuban springs, flow down from the park and provide the water supply to the surrounding municipalities. There is a small settlement composed of approximately a hundred households, and about 10% of the park has been converted to agricultural land. The park is an attractive destination for tourists because of the chocolate hill formations, the heavily forested hills and the extensive network of good trails.
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA:There are currently problems in Rajah Sikatuna National Park with the collection of firewood and rattans, the hunting and trapping of wildlife, and the clearance of the forest for kaingin in the eastern portion of the park, although these threats are being controlled by DENR.
Habitats
IUCN Habitat |
Coverage level |
Coverage % |
Habitat detail |
1. Forest |
- |
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; |
14. Artificial - Terrestrial |
- |
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; |
Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria
Taxonomic Group |
Scientific name |
Common name |
IUCN Red List Category |
KBA Criteria
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Legacy Criteria
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Amphibians |
Megophrys stejnegeri |
Southeast Asian Horned Toad |
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Nyctixalus spinosus |
SPINY TREE FROG |
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Pelophryne lighti |
|
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Philautus leitensis |
LEYTE TREE FROG |
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Platymantis guentheri |
|
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Platymantis rabori |
RABOR'S FOREST FROG |
|
|
Y |
Amphibians |
Rhacophorus bimaculatus |
|
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Acrocephalus sorghophilus |
Streaked Reed-warbler |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Alcedo argentata |
|
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Anas luzonica |
Philippine Duck |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Bubo philippensis |
Philippine Eagle-owl |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Cacatua haematuropygia |
Philippine Cockatoo |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Eurylaimus samarensis |
Visayan Broadbill |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Gallicolumba crinigera |
Mindanao Bleeding-heart |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Nisaetus philippensis |
|
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Orthotomus samarensis |
Yellow-breasted Tailorbird |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Penelopides samarensis |
Samar Hornbill |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Pitta steerii |
Azure-breasted Pitta |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Ptilocichla mindanensis |
Striated Wren-babbler |
|
|
Y |
Birds |
Todiramphus winchelli |
Rufous-lored Kingfisher |
|
|
Y |
Mammals |
Acerodon jubatus |
Golden-capped Fruit Bat |
|
|
Y |
Mammals |
Crocidura beatus |
Mindanao Shrew |
|
|
Y |
Mammals |
Cynocephalus volans |
Philippine Flying Lemur |
|
|
Y |
Mammals |
Sus philippensis |
Philippine Warty Pig |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Boiga angulata |
Philippine Blunt-headed Tree Snake |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Brachymeles gracilis |
|
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Brachymeles schadenbergi |
Schadenberg’s Burrowing Skink |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Cyrtodactylus annulatus |
Annulated Bow-fingered Gecko |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Draco bimaculatus |
Two-spotted Flying Lizard |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Draco ornatus |
White Spotted Flying Lizard |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Draco reticulatus |
|
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Gerrhopilus hedraeus |
Negros Island Blind Snake |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Lepidodactylus planicaudus |
Small Broad-tailed Smooth-scaled Gecko |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Lipinia pulchella |
Yellow-striped Slender Tree Skink |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Naja samarensis |
Samar Cobra |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Pseudogekko brevipes |
Orange-spotted Smooth-scaled Gecko |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Pseudogekko compressicorpus |
Cylindrical-bodied Smooth-scaled Gecko |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Rhabdophis auriculata |
White-lined Water Snake |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Rhabdophis lineatus |
Zigzag-lined Water Snake |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus abdictus |
|
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus acutus |
Pointed-headed Sphenomorphus |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus cumingi |
|
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus jagori |
Jagor's Sphenomorphus |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus mindanensis |
Mindanao Sphenomorphus |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus steerei |
Steere's Sphenomorphus |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Sphenomorphus variegatus |
|
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus |
Philippine Pit Viper |
|
|
Y |
Reptiles |
Tropidonophis dendrophiops |
Spotted Water Snake |
|
|
Y |
Recommended citation
Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2023) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape. 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 http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/ on 22/09/2023.