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Wanglang Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi NT resident (2000) present A3
Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Rufous-headed Robin Larvivora ruficeps EN breeding (2003) present A1, A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1963 Wanglang Nature Reserve (V) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest -
Grassland -
Shrubland -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wanglang Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wanglang-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.