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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis	NT	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole popul­ation/area (>90%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of site (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A manage­ment plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Huizeheijinghe	Nature Reserve (V)	77
2000	Huizehuangshan	Nature Reserve (V)	15
2005	Huize Chang Haizi and Daqiao Shuiku	National Nature Reserve (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Huize Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/huize-black-necked-crane-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 18/01/2025.