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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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i

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
-	Estuary of Orangchon River	Protected Area	60

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban areas, Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Orangchon River estuary (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/orangchon-river-estuary-iba-north-korea on 22/11/2024.