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Xuanmen Wan


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
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus LC breeding (2008) present A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris EN unknown (2008) present A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis NT winter (2008) present A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina NT winter (2008) present A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi VU winter (1997) 220 birds A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown (2008) present A4iii

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xuanmen Wan (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xuanmen-wan-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.