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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna	LC	resident	2000	present	A2
Chinese Grouse Bonasa sewerzowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	passage	2003	present	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	winter	2003	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Ala Shan Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus	NT	breeding	2000	present	A2, A3

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zhulinggou	Local Nature Reserve	6,306	protected area contained by site	6,306
Xinglongshan	Nature Reserve	333,001	protected area contained by site	333,001
Huanghesanxiashidi	Nature Reserve	19,500	protected area contained by site	19,500

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Loess Plateau in western Gansu. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/01/2021.