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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
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter (1995–2000)	15–38 birds	A1
Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus	VU	resident (2001)	unknown	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Sue-Hua Coast	Designation Not Known (-)	-

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

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 23/12/2024.