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Changshagongma Nature Reserve


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
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis NT breeding 2008 present A1, A3
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN non-breeding 2008 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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Changshagongma Nature Reserve 100
2018 Sichuan Changshahongma Wetlands Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 84


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Changshagongma Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/changshagongma-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.