Current view: Text account
Site description (2009 baseline):
Site location and context
Hongze Hu is located in northern Jiangsu Province. The lake area is c.196,000 ha, and it is the largest reservoir in the Huai He region. The western part of the lake has extensive areas of wetland plants, and the remaining parts are largely open water.
Non-bird biodiversity: No information.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
The county-level Chengtou Nature Reserve was established in 1985, and was the first protected area for Otis tarda in China. It was later upgraded to become the provincial-level Sihong Hongze Hu Nature Reserve (49,365 ha). The Otis tarda population was c.600 when the reserve was established in the 1980s, but the reserve has lost its value for the species because of development in the adjacent areas.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sihong Wetland of Hongze Hu (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sihong-wetland-of-hongze-hu-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.
