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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	2004	40 individuals	A4i
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2004	1,200 individuals	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2004	present	A1
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	passage	2004	present	A1, A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	winter	2004	present	A1

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Saltpans	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taedong River estuary (North Korea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taedong-river-estuary-iba-north-korea on 23/11/2024.