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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (2001)	9 birds	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (1997–2001)	57–120 birds	A1, A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Bei-Men Coast	Designation Not Known (-)	93

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	1	Mangrove forest (tropical)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	52
not utilised	17
water management	16
other	12
urban/industrial/transport	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beimen (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beimen-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.