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Baihe 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
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus LC resident 2000 present A3
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi NT resident 2000 present A3
Rusty-breasted Tit Poecile davidi LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi VU resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Blackthroat Calliope obscura VU breeding 2003 present A1, A2, 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
1963 Baihe (Sichuan) Nature Reserve 100
1982 Jin Zhai Gou Scenic Area 3
1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 8

Habitats

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


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