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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
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2008	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	unknown	2008	present	A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	winter	2008	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	2008	present	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	winter	2003	present	A1, A4i

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yong Jiang Estuary (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yong-jiang-estuary-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.