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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
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2003	present	A1
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	1985	652 individuals	A1, A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	passage	1985	152 individuals	A1, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	passage	1989	630 individuals	A1, A4i
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	passage	1986	527 individuals	A1, A4i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	passage	1986	452 individuals	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1985	168 individuals	A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Little Curlew Numenius minutus	LC	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2003	present	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
Relict Gull Larus relictus	VU	passage	1986	112 individuals	A1, A4i
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Beidaihehaibinniaolei	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beidaihe (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beidaihe-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.