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The site was identified as important in 2004 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	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Island Dok-do	Natural Monument	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Temperate heath and scrub	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dok-do island (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dok-do-island-iba-north-korea on 23/11/2024.