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Site description (2009 baseline):
Site location and context
Zayü is located at the south-eastern tip of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, where the Himalayas meet the Hengduan Shan mountains. The IBA includes the largest glacier in Tibet. The habitats include tropical evergreen rain forest below 900 m, montane broadleaf evergreen forest at 900-2,400 m, montane coniferous-broadleaf mixed forest at 2,400-3,200 m, coniferous forest at 3,200-4,200 m, and alpine scrub and grassland at 4,200-4,800 m.
Non-bird biodiversity: Nationally protected animals include Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus arctos, Ailurus fulgens, Capricornis sumatraensis and Panthera tigris.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
The IBA includes Zayü Nature Reserve (101,412 ha), which was established at the provincial-level in 1985 and upgraded to Zayü Cibagou National Nature Reserve.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zayü (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zayü-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.
