Thai Thuy (Vietnam) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Thai Thuy

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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	winter	1995-2000	12-23 individuals	A1, A4i
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	passage	1996	1 individuals	A1
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	winter	2001	1 individuals	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	1995-2001	77-147 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	-	-	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2004	Red River Delta	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	34

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		40
Marine Neritic		37
Forest	Mangrove forest (tropical)	22
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Other artificial wetlands	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	90
unknown	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Thai Thuy (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/thai-thuy-iba-vietnam on 22/11/2024.