Coastal wetlands of northern Chongming Dao island (China (mainland))

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Coastal wetlands of northern Chongming Dao island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	passage	2008	present	A1, A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2008	present	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	non-breeding	2008	present	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coastal wetlands of northern Chongming Dao island (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coastal-wetlands-of-northern-chongming-dao-island-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.