Yinggehai Salt Pans (China (mainland))

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Yinggehai Salt Pans

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
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	non-breeding	2003	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2003	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Saltpans	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yinggehai Salt Pans (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yinggehai-salt-pans-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.