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Wolong 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
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola VU breeding (2003) present A1, A3
Rusty-breasted Tit Poecile davidi LC resident (2000) present A2, 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
Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum LC resident (2000) present A2, A3
Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis LC resident (2003) present A1, A3
Blackthroat Calliope obscura VU breeding (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni LC breeding (2000) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1975 Wolong Nature Reserve (V) 100
1979 Wolong Nature Reserve UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 100
2006 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Forest -
Grassland -
Shrubland -
Wetlands (inland) -


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