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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
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (2001)	13 birds	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter (2001)	6 birds	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (1997–2000)	160–255 birds	A1, A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2004	Caomei Wetlands Wildlife Refuge	野生動物保護區 (IV)	96
2004	Taichung County Gaomei	野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV)	96

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	92
agriculture	7
water management	1
military	1
urban/industrial/transport	1
other	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kaomei Wetlands (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kaomei-wetlands-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.