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Site description (2009 baseline):

Located 120 km north-west of Pingwu County, at the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The vegetation shows prominent vertical zonation, with coniferous-broadleaf mixed forest (2,300-2,600 m), coniferous forest (2,600-3,500 m), alpine scrub and grassland (3,500-4,400 m) and alpine vegetation (4,400-4,900 m).

Non-bird biodiversity: Animals include Ailurpoda melanolenca, Pygathrix roxellanae, Panthera pardus, Neofelis nebulosa, Felis lynx, Felis temmincki, Felis manul, Cervus unicolor, Moschus sifanicus, Moschus berezovskii and Pseudois nayaur.

Established as a provincial-level nature reserve (32,297 ha) in 1963 and subsequently upgraded to a national nature reserve.

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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 22/11/2024.