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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter	2001	11 individuals	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter	2001	9 individuals	A1
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter	2001	1,000-3,000 individuals	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2001	56 individuals	A1

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Keya River Mouth and Sianshan Wetland	野生動物重要棲息環境	1,422	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hsinchu City Coastal Wildlife Refuge	野生動物保護區	1,422	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hsinchu City Coast	Wildlife Refuge	1,600	protected area contained by site	1,600

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-
water management	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hsinchu City Coastal Area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.