Data Zone
Country/territory: China (mainland)
IBA criteria met: A1, A3 (2009)
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Area: 6,667 ha
Site description (2009 baseline)
Located in southern Kangxian County, bordering Shaanxi Province. The IBA has a landscape of low mountains, with half of the area covered by temperate montane broadleaf deciduous forests and the rest of the site mostly scrub and agricultural land. The North-west Normal University conducted bird surveys in the 1960s and 1970s, and from 1993-1995 Lanzhou University had a project to study Reeve’s Pheasant at this site.
Key biodiversity
Non-bird biodiversity: No information.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Longshengou Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/longshengou-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.