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Dunhuang Nature Reserve and Western Qilian Shan mountains


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri CR passage 2003 present A1
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis NT breeding 1997 5-12 individuals A1, A3
Relict Gull Larus relictus VU breeding 1985 present A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU passage 2003 present A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN breeding 2008 rare A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding 2003 present A1
Ala Shan Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus NT breeding 2003 present A2, A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding 2003 min 20,000 individuals A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Xiaosuganhu Nature Reserve 3,500 protected area contained by site 3,500
Dunhuang Nature Reserve 3,441,170 protected area contained by site 3,441,170
Dasuganhu Nature Reserve 9,640 protected area contained by site 9,640
Anxijihanhuangmo Nature Reserve 800,000 protected area contained by site 800,000


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dunhuang Nature Reserve and Western Qilian Shan mountains. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dunhuang-nature-reserve-and-western-qilian-shan-mountains-iba-china-(mainland) on 19/03/2024.