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Yele Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

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
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus LC resident 2000 present A3
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii VU resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi NT resident 2000 present A3
Rusty-breasted Tit Poecile davidi LC resident 2000 present A2, A3
Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata LC resident 2000 present A2, A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Yele Nature Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Forest -
Grassland -
Shrubland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


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