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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding	2003	present	A4i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	non-breeding	2003	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	passage	2003	present	A1
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	2008	present	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage	2008	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2008	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2008	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2003	present	A4i
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Shuangtaihekou	Nature Reserve	128,000	protected area contained by site	128,000
Shuangtai Estuary	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	128,000	protected area overlaps with site	128,000

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shuangtai (Shuangtaizi) Estuary and Inner Gulf of Liaodong. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15389 on 02/06/2023.