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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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	winter (1991)	200 birds	A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	winter (1991)	200 birds	A1
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	winter (2003)	present	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage (2003)	present	A1
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	passage (2003)	present	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	passage (2003)	present	A1
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	winter (2003)	present	A4i
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius	LC	breeding (2003)	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	winter (2003)	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage (2003)	present	A4i
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata	VU	passage (2003)	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter (2003)	present	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage (2003)	present	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	winter (2003)	present	A4i
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	LC	unknown (2003)	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage (2003)	present	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri	NT	breeding (2005)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2003)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Changjiangkouzhonghuaxun	Nature Reserve (V)	85

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	75
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chongming-dongtan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/12/2024.