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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
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1959	Mount Paekdu	Natural Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal)	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Paekdu (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-paekdu-iba-north-korea on 23/11/2024.