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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
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii	VU	resident	2008	present	A1, A2, A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis	NT	breeding	1997	92 individuals	A1, A3, A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage	2004	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	2004	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans	NT	resident	2008	present	A1, A2, A3
Ala Shan Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus	NT	breeding	2000	present	A2, A3
Tibetan Rosefinch Carpodacus roborowskii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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
-	Sanjiangyuan	Nature Reserve	100
1986	Longbao	Nature Reserve	<1
2004	Eling Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2004	Zhaling Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2018	Sichuan Changshahongma Wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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