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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (2001)	11 birds	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter (2001)	9 birds	A1
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter (2001)	1,000–3,000 birds	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (2001)	56 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Hsinchu City Coastal Wildlife Refuge	野生動物保護區 (IV)	48
2001	Keya River Mouth and Sianshan Wetland	野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV)	47
2001	Hsinchu City Coast	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	68

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)	Arable land; Rice paddies

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	73
agriculture	20
urban/industrial/transport	4
water management	2
other	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hsinchu City Coastal Area (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hsinchu-city-coastal-area-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.