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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1999	500 individuals	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1999	300 individuals	A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	passage	1995	100 individuals	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1999	300 individuals	A4i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	1995	25 individuals	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	passage	2003	present	A1
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1999	300 individuals	A4i
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2003	present	A1

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
1996	Heyangshidi	Nature Reserve	49

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Heyang Huang He Wetlands Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/heyang-huang-he-wetlands-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.