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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	winter	2003	present	A1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	EN	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	winter	2003	present	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2003	present	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	no known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Shandong Yellow River Delta Wetland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	95,950	protected area overlaps with site	0
Huanghesanjiaozhou	Nature Reserve	153,000	is identical to site	153,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats, Artificial wetlands	-
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/02/2021.