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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
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	non-breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Houshui Wan (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/houshui-wan-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.