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Piankou Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident 2008 present A1, A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Piankou Nature Reserve 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Piankou Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/piankou-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.