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Matoushan Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti VU resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii VU resident (2008) present A1, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1994 Jiangximatoushan Nature Reserve (-) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Matoushan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/matoushan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.