TW008
North Section of Xueshan Mountain Range, Taoyuan City


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1992 Chatianshan 自然保留區 (Ia) 69

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 84
Artificial/Terrestrial 14 Forestry and agro-industrial plantations

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 23/12/2024.