• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2003	present	A1
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	breeding	2003	present	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2003	present	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Blakiston's Eagle-owl Bubo blakistoni	EN	resident	2003	present	A1

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Xunbielahe	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xunbiela He Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xunbiela-he-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.