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Gongga Shan 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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi NT resident (2000) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Gonggashan (Sichuan) Nature Reserve (V) 100

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gongga Shan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gongga-shan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 12/01/2025.