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Site description (2009 baseline):

Located in the north-eastern part of Tian’e County and the north-western part of Nandan County, at the southern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The IBA is part of the Fenghuang mountains, which have a north-south orientation and 21 peaks above 800 m. The entire IBA has a landscape of low to intermediate height mountains.

Non-bird biodiversity: Important plants include Alsophila spinulosa and Tsuga tckekiangensis. Animals include Python molurus, Macaca mulatta, Macaca thibetana, Manis pentadactyla, Viverra zibetha, Selenarctos thibetanus, Felis temmincki and Moschus berezovskii.

Established as a county-level nature reserve in 1982.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sanpihu Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sanpihu-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 05/12/2024.