Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve (China (mainland))

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Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding	2003	present	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	winter	2003	present	A1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	unknown	2003	present	A4i
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	breeding	2003	present	A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	2003	present	A1
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	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
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.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2011	favourable	high	high
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Intertidal	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Huanghesanjiaozhou	Nature Reserve	100
2013	Shandong Yellow River Delta Wetland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	17

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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