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Huanglongsi Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

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
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus LC resident 2000 present A3
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
White Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon LC resident 2000 present A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi NT resident 2000 present A3
Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans NT resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1982 Huang Long Scenic Area 75
1983 Huanglongsi Nature Reserve 100
1992 Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 100
2000 Huanglong UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
Grassland -
Shrubland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Huanglongsi Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/huanglongsi-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.