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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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2004	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Pleske's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes pleskei	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata	LC	passage	2004	present	A1
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.

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)
Tsim Bei Tsui Egretry	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	5	protected area contained by site	50
Tsim Bei Tsui	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	2	protected area contained by site	5
Pak Nai	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	16	protected area contained by site	10
Mipu Nature Reserve	Other	0	protected area contained by site	0
Mai Po Village	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	5	protected area contained by site	5
Mai Po Marshes & Inner Deep Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,540	protected area overlaps with site	1,513
Mai Po Marshes (Inner Deep Bay)	Restricted Area	807	protected area contained by site	807
Inner Deep Bay	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	2,235	protected area contained by site	2,235

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Estuarine waters, Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats, Rivers and streams, Artificial wetlands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Small settlements, rural gardens, Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.