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Dawushan Nature Reserve and Shuang-guei Lake Major Wildlife Habitat


IBA Justification

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
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii NT resident (2000) present A2, A3
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus VU resident (2001) unknown A1, A2, A3
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides LC resident (2000) present A3
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea LC resident (2000) present A3
Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis LC resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1988 Dawushan 自然保留區 (Ia) 50
2000 Shuang-guei Lake 野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV) 52

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 90
Artificial/Terrestrial 6 Forestry and agro-industrial plantations
Other 3
Grassland 1
Shrubland 1
Wetlands (inland) 1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dawushan Nature Reserve and Shuang-guei Lake Major Wildlife Habitat (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dawushan-nature-reserve-and-shuang-guei-lake-major-wildlife-habitat-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.