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The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	winter	2004	present	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Hwajinpo-Ho	Wildlife Reserve	37	protected area contained by site	37
Gangwon Goseong Geojineup	야생생물보호구역	228	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hwajinpo-ho lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hwajinpo-ho-lake-iba-south-korea on 28/09/2023.