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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		65
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	24
Other		10
Grassland		1
Shrubland		1
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upstream Section of Beigang River, Nantou County (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upstream-section-of-beigang-river-nantou-county-iba-taiwan-china on 22/11/2024.