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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha	VU	passage	2004	rare	A1
Brown-rumped Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis	LC	breeding	2002	rare	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	breeding	2000	uncommon	A3
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	LC	resident	2000	uncommon	A3
Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus	LC	breeding	1986-1999	uncommon	A3
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii	LC	breeding	2000	uncommon	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	breeding	1992-1997	uncommon	A3
Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis	LC	breeding	2000	common	A3
Yuhina castaniceps	NR	resident	2000	uncommon	A3
Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus	LC	resident	2000	common	A3
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus	VU	breeding	2004	present	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	1995	uncommon	A3
Aethopyga christinae	NR	resident	2000	common	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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve	Specially Protected Area	460	protected area contained by site	460
Tai Mo Shan Montane Scrub Forest	Specially Protected Area	130	protected area contained by site	130
Tai Mo Shan Montane Scrub Forest	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	130	protected area contained by site	130
Tai Mo Shan	Country Park	1,440	protected area overlaps with site	1,440
Tai Mo Shan	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	95	protected area contained by site	95
Tai Lam	Country Park	5,370	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Shing Mun Fung Shui Woodland	Specially Protected Area	6	protected area contained by site	6
Shing Mun Fung Shui Woodland	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	6	protected area contained by site	6
Shing Mun	Country Park	1,400	protected area overlaps with site	1,400
Ng Tung Chai	Specially Protected Area	128	protected area contained by site	128
Ng Tung Chai	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	226	protected area contained by site	226
Kam Shan	Country Park	337	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tai Po Kau, Shing Mun and Tai Mo Shan area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/05/2022.