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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	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 individuals	A4iii

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
1992	Yancheng	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1992	Yancheng	Nature Reserve	100
2002	Yancheng National Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2002	Dafeng National Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	17

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 22/11/2024.