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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus	VU	resident (2001)	present	A1, A2, A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1992–2000)	40,000–114,000 birds	A4iv

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Kenting	國家公園 (II)	100
1994	Kenting Uplifted Coral Reefs	自然保留區 (Ia)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	96
tourism/recreation	3
energy production and mining	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kenting National Park (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kenting-national-park-iba-taiwan-china on 26/12/2024.