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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (1993–2001)	330–530 birds	A1, A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Tainan County Zengwen River Mouth North Bank Black-faced Spoonbill Refuge	野生動物保護區 (IV)	3
2002	Tainan County Zengwen River Mouth	野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV)	3
2009	Taijiang	國家公園 (II)	31

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	61
not utilised	19
other	10
water management	8
urban/industrial/transport	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chiku (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chiku-iba-taiwan-china on 25/12/2024.