TW023
Budai Wetlands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor EN winter 2000 7 individuals A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi VU winter 1996-1999 37-65 individuals A1
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia LC winter 1995-2000 300 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine Other artificial wetlands, Saltpans major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 51
other 35
water management 11
not utilised 2
urban/industrial/transport 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Budai Wetlands (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/budai-wetlands-iba-taiwan-china on 23/11/2024.