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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Taiwan Green-pigeon Treron formosae	NT	resident	1990-1998	uncommon	A2
Ryukyu Scops-owl Otus elegans	NT	resident	1998	750-1,000 individuals	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lanyu. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lanyu-iba-taiwan-china on 29/11/2023.