TW002
Watzuwei Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes VU winter (2001) 18 birds A1, A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1994 Wazihwei 自然保留區 (Ia) 15

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Forest minor (<10) Mangrove forest (tropical)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
water management 71
agriculture 26
not utilised 3


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