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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii	NT	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Fulvetta Fulvetta formosana	LC	resident	2001	present	A3
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana	LC	resident	2001	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	2001	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis	LC	resident	2001	present	A2, A3
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus	LC	resident	2001	present	A3
Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Shei-pa	國家公園	100
1995	Taichung County Wuling Formosan Landlocked Salmon	野生動物重要棲息環境	9
1997	Formosan Landlocked Salmon Refuge	野生動物保護區	9
2000	Guanwu Broad-tailed Swallowtail	野生動物重要棲息環境	<1
2006	Xue-ba	自然保護區	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	67
not utilised	33
tourism/recreation	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shei-Pa National Park (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shei-pa-national-park-iba-taiwan-china on 25/11/2024.