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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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	unknown	2008	present	A1
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	breeding	2003	present	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2003	present	A1
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	2003	present	A1
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	passage	2003	present	A1

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Qixinghe	Nature Reserve	100
2011	Heilongjiang Qixing River National Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	46

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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