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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
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha	VU	passage	2004	rare	A1
Brown-rumped Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis	LC	breeding	2002	rare	A3
Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos	LC	breeding	2000	uncommon	A3
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae	LC	resident	2000	uncommon	A3
Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus	LC	breeding	1986-1999	uncommon	A3
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii	LC	breeding	2000	uncommon	A3
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus	LC	breeding	1992-1997	uncommon	A3
Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis	LC	breeding	2000	common	A3
Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola	LC	resident	2000	uncommon	A3
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus	LC	resident	2000	common	A3
Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus	VU	breeding	2004	present	A3
Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus	LC	resident	1995	uncommon	A3
Aethopyga christinae	NR	resident	2000	common	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Tai Mo Shan Montane Scrub Forest	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	4
1975	Shing Mun Fung Shui Woodland	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	<1
1977	Shing Mun	Country Park	42
1977	Shing Mun Fung Shui Woodland	Specially Protected Area	<1
1977	Tai Mo Shan Montane Scrub Forest	Specially Protected Area	4
1977	Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve	Specially Protected Area	14
1979	Tai Mo Shan	Country Park	43
1979	Ng Tung Chai	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	7
1980	Ng Tung Chai	Specially Protected Area	4
1980	Tai Mo Shan	Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	23
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tai Po Kau, Shing Mun and Tai Mo Shan area (Hong Kong (China)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tai-po-kau-shing-mun-and-tai-mo-shan-area-iba-hong-kong-(china) on 23/11/2024.