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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Xinjiang Ground-jay Podoces biddulphi	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xekar Reservoir. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xekar-reservoir-iba-china-(mainland) on 02/10/2023.