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Changbai Shan Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus EN breeding (1990–1992) 40–50 pairs A1, A3, A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana EN passage (2003) present A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding (2003) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1979 Changbaishan UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 90
1986 Changbaishan Nature Reserve (V) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Changbai Shan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/changbai-shan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.