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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
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i

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
2000	Hampyeong Bay	환경보전해역	100
2001	Muan	습지보호지역-갯벌	47
2002	Hampyeong Bay	Marine Protected Area	100
2005	Jeollanam-do Urban Natural Park Areas	도시자연공원구역	40
2008	Muangaetbol	도립공원	49
2008	Muan Tidal Flat	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	35

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hampyeong Bay (South Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hampyeong-bay-iba-south-korea on 23/11/2024.