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Mengtun


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
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans NT resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis LC resident (2008) present A3


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mengtun (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mengtun-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.