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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (1995–1999)	230–231 birds	A1, A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	non-breeding (1992–2000)	600–1,450 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (1992–2000)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Tainan City Sicao Wildlife Refuge	野生動物保護區 (IV)	29
2006	Tainan City Sicao	野生動物重要棲息環境 (IV)	11
2009	Taijiang	國家公園 (II)	39

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)	Mangrove forest (tropical)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	65
water management	17
other	9
not utilised	5
urban/industrial/transport	4
military	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sitsao Wildlife Refuge (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sitsao-wildlife-refuge-iba-taiwan-china on 25/12/2024.