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Site description (2009 baseline):
Site location and context
This IBA is an oxbow lake wetland in the old Yangzte River channel, which has been designated as a nature reserve for the reintroduction of the Milu (Pere David’s Deer) Elaphurus davidianus and the Yangtze River Dolphin (Baiji) Lipotes vexillifer.
Non-bird biodiversity: One of the two reintroduction sites of Elaphurus davidianus in China.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
The IBA is partially protected in Changjiang Tian’ezhou Baiji River Dolphin National Nature Reserve (2,000 ha) which was established in 1990, and Shishou Milu National Nature Reserve (1,567 ha) which was established in 1991.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tian'ezhou (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tianezhou-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.
