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Jiugong Shan 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
Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti LC resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii VU resident 2003 present A1, A3
Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus LC winter 2003 present A1
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha VU breeding 2003 present A1, A3
Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus VU breeding 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
1981 Jiugongshan Nature Reserve 100

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jiugong Shan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jiugong-shan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.