• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Japanese Woodpecker Picus awokera	LC	resident (2003)	present	A3
Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida	LC	breeding (2003)	present	A3
Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis	LC	breeding (2003)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (>4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1955	Okuetsu kogen	都道府県立自然公園 (V)	2
1962	Hakusan	国立公園 (II)	40
1968	Ogasa	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	1
1969	Hakusan	国指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	32
1973	Hakusan ichirino	都道府県立自然公園 (V)	1
1973	Goka yama	都道府県立自然公園 (V)	1
1973	Shirakawago gasshotsukuri minkaen	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1974	Minamirokuroshi	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1975	Tsurugi	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1976	Wasabizo gawa	都道府県自然環境保全地域 (V)	<1
1976	Ogimachi	都道府県自然環境保全地域 (V)	<1
1976	Kikusui	都道府県自然環境保全地域 (V)	<1
1977	Hatsuko	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1977	Gozen dake	都道府県自然環境保全地域 (V)	<1
1978	Saikawa genryu	都道府県自然環境保全地域 (V)	1
1978	Osugi	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1980	Mount Hakusan	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	38
1981	Gankyoji	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1986	Nakano	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1987	Tanohira	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	1
1990	Mt. Hakusan	森林生態系保護地域 (Ib)	12
1992	Kyogatake	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	1
1997	Oze	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
1998	Amo	都道府県立自然公園 (V)	<1
2002	Hakusan Mountain Range	緑の回廊 (V)	31
2002	Hoonji	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	<1
2004	Sannomine	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区 (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Hakusan (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-hakusan-iba-japan on 23/12/2024.