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Mount Myohyang


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata LC breeding 2000 present A3
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus LC breeding 2000 present A3
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki LC resident 2000 present A3
Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus LC breeding 2000 present A3
Varied Tit Sittiparus varius LC resident 2000 present A3
Pale-legged Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes LC breeding 2000 present A3
White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus LC breeding 2000 present A3
Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus LC breeding 2000 present A3
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana LC breeding 2000 present A3
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia LC breeding 2000 present A3
Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria LC breeding 2000 present A3
Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami LC breeding 2000 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1959 Mount Myohyang National Park -

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Myohyang (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-myohyang-iba-north-korea on 22/11/2024.