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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 (1994–2000)	10 birds	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	winter (1988–2000)	66 birds	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter (2001)	50 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	Lanyang River Mouth Waterbird Refuge	野生動物保護區 (IV)	9
1996	Yilan County Lanyang River Mouth Waterbird	野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	42
water management	26
not utilised	25
urban/industrial/transport	4
other	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lanyang River Estuary (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lanyang-river-estuary-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.