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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
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	1995	55 individuals	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luan He Estuary (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luan-he-estuary-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.