Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo islands (North Korea)

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Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	1996-1997	850 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Island of Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo	Natural Monument	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Temperate heath and scrub	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo islands (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sogam-do-daegam-do-zung-do-ae-do-and-hyengzedo-islands-iba-north-korea on 22/11/2024.