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Gongbo Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

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
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis NT winter 2003 present A1
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola VU breeding 2003 present A1, A3
Giant Babax Pterorhinus waddelli LC resident 2003 present A2, A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2003 Gongbo Nature Reserve 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gongbo Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gongbo-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.