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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
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Chinese Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tongjin Estuary	Wildlife Reserve	0	unknown	0
Jeonbuk Buan Gyehwamyeon	야생생물보호구역	206	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dongjin estuary. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/03/2023.