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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Chinese Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2004	present	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	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)
Seocheon	습지보호지역-갯벌	1,530	protected area overlaps with site	0
Jeonbuk Iksan Woongpomyeon 3	야생생물보호구역	274	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Jeonbuk Iksan Woongpomyeon 1	야생생물보호구역	37	protected area overlaps with site	0
Jeonbuk Gunsan Napomyeon	야생생물보호구역	50	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Gudeurae Ferry and Surroundings in Buyeo	명승	252	protected area overlaps with site	0
Geum Gang River and estuary	Wildlife Reserve	0	unknown	0
Chungnam Seocheon Biinmyeon 2	재해방지보호구역	9	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chungnam Seocheon Biinmyeon 1	재해방지보호구역	14	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chungnam Buyeo Yanghwamyeon	야생생물보호구역	30	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies	-
Marine Neritic		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Geum-gang river and estuary. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16129 on 05/06/2023.