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Babso Nature Reserve


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') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN breeding 2003 present A1
Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans NT resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Rusty-throated Parrotbill Suthora przewalskii LC resident 2008 present A1, A3
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi VU resident 2008 present A1, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2003 Babso (Baozuo) Nature Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
Shrubland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Babso Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/babso-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.