Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2000 |
Ruei-yan River
|
野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV) |
85 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
79 |
|
| Other |
10 |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
6 |
|
| Grassland |
6 |
|
| Shrubland |
1 |
|
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ruei-yan, Nantou County (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ruei-yan-nantou-county-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.
