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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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2008	present	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	2008	present	A4i
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1, A3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	2003	10,000 individuals	A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2003	present	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2008	present	A1

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
1986	Hanasi	Nature Reserve	48

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Burqin River and Kanas Lake (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/burqin-river-and-kanas-lake-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.