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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii	NT	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Takuanshan	Forest Reserve	1
2000	Syue-shan-keng River	野生動物重要棲息環境	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		58
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	28
Grassland		1
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	78
agriculture	2
other	1
water management	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Daxueshan, Xueshankeng, Wushikeng, Taichung City (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/daxueshan-xueshankeng-wushikeng-taichung-city-iba-taiwan-china on 22/11/2024.