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Kuankuoshui 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
Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii VU resident 2008 present A1, 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
1982 Wangcaokuankuoshui Nature Reserve 9
2000 Puchangkuankuoshui Nature Reserve 29
2007 Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve 100


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