Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
not utilised | - |
agriculture | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
other | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hsinchu City Coastal Area. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.