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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	passage	2003	present	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2003	present	A1
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2003	present	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1999	1,600 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	winter	1999	2,500 individuals	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	1999	5,000 individuals	A4i
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2003	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wenzhou Wan (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wenzhou-wan-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.