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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
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis	NT	breeding	2003	present	A1, A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2003	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Ala Shan Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus	NT	breeding	2000	present	A2, A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Qilianshan	Nature Reserve	62

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Qilian Shan mountains (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-qilian-shan-mountains-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.