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Gongbo Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of 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 23/12/2024.