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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
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	winter	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2004	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	passage	2004	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2004	present	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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
-	Tongjin Estuary	Wildlife Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dongjin estuary (South Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dongjin-estuary-iba-south-korea on 22/11/2024.