Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary of the Mekong Flooded Forest in Kratie province is the second most important site for White-shouldered Ibis in Cambodia.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the results from the 2021 population census of White-shouldered Ibis in Cambodia showed Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary of the Mekong Flooded Forest is the Kingdom’s second most important site for conserving this critically endangered bird, after Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary.
The nationwide survey documented 252 birds along with a record of 16 roosting sites in Sambo, while updating that Cambodia’s total population was estimated at 754 individuals, it underlined.
Other important sites where the White-shouldered Ibis was recorded include Kulen Promtep, Lomphat, and Phnom Prich of the Eastern Plains landscape, it pointed out.
The national census was conducted by a consortium partnership consisting of the Ministry of Environment, NatureLife/Birdlife in Cambodia (BirdLife International Cambodia Programme), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia), Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), and Rising Phoenix, said the same source.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press