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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
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	1995-2001	89-380 individuals	A1, A4i

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	37
agriculture	26
other	25
water management	12
urban/industrial/transport	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pohtzi River Estuary (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pohtzi-river-estuary-iba-taiwan-china on 23/11/2024.