VN009
Tra Cu


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus LC breeding (1999) 50 birds A1
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding (1999) 950–1,600 birds A4i

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


Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 100 Perennial crops, orchards and groves


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tra Cu (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tra-cu-iba-vietnam on 03/12/2024.