TW008
North Section of Xueshan Mountain Range, Taoyuan City


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii NT resident 2001 present A2, A3
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus LC resident 2000 present A3
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides LC resident 2000 present A3
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea LC resident 2000 present A3
White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus LC resident 2000 present A3
Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis LC resident 2001 present A2, A3
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca LC resident 2000 present A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis LC resident 2000 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1992 Chatianshan 自然保留區 69

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 84
Artificial/Terrestrial Forestry and agro-industrial plantations 14
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 98
other 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Section of Xueshan Mountain Range, Taoyuan City (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-section-of-xueshan-mountain-range-taoyuan-city-iba-taiwan-china on 22/11/2024.