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Liangshui Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid VU breeding 2003 present A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus VU passage 2003 present A1
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus EN breeding 2003 present A1, A3
Blakiston's Eagle-owl Bubo blakistoni EN resident 2008 present A1, A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Liangshui Nature Reserve 12,133 is identical to site 12,133

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Liangshui Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/liangshui-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 09/12/2023.