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Kasha Hu 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
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis NT breeding 2003 present A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN non-breeding 2008 present A1
Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans NT resident 2008 present A1, A2

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
1985 Kashahu Nature Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Grassland -
Wetlands (inland) -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


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