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Biluo Xueshan


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
Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri LC resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus LC resident 2000 present A3

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


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2008 not assessed not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 11

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Biluo Xueshan (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/biluo-xueshan-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.