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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2008	present	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2008	present	A1, A4i
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	2003	present	A1
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter	2003	present	A1
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	non-breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	2003	present	A1
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage	2008	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2008	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2003	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2008	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2003	present	A4i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	unknown	2008	present	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	oil and gas drilling	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yalujiangbinhaishidi	Nature Reserve	108,100	protected area contained by site	108,100

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Yalu Jiang Estuary. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.