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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter	1995-2000	15-38 individuals	A1
Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus	VU	resident	2001	unknown	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Sue-Hua Coast	Designation Not Known	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	38
water management	36
other	15
not utilised	7
urban/industrial/transport	2
energy production and mining	2
military	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hualien River Estuary (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hualien-river-estuary-iba-taiwan-china on 23/11/2024.