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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 (1995)	16 birds	A1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1995–2000)	4,603–9,999 birds	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (1999)	114 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	Kinmen	國家公園 (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	96
tourism/recreation	4

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kinmen National Park (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kinmen-national-park-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.