Qidong Northern Yangtze Estuary Nature Reserve (China (mainland))

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Qidong Northern Yangtze Estuary Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	winter	2008	present	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	unknown	2008	present	A1

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
1985	Qidong Northern Yangtze Estuary	Nature Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Qidong Northern Yangtze Estuary Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/qidong-northern-yangtze-estuary-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.