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Xinjiang Yiyang Qinghu Section


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
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus EN non-breeding (2008) present A1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xinjiang Yiyang Qinghu Section (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xinjiang-yiyang-qinghu-section-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.