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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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	passage (2003)	present	A1
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage (2003)	present	A1
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage (2003)	present	A1
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding (2003)	present	A1, A4i
Relict Gull Larus relictus	VU	non-breeding (2003)	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2003)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Yancheng	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
1992	Yancheng	Nature Reserve (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)

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