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Nanliujiang Hekou


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
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa LC passage (2003) present A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes VU winter (2003) present A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi VU winter (2003) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1992 Hepu rugen Nature Reserve (V) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)


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