Series: ADB Data Room: Regional Flyway Initiative

147 RFI Priority Wetland Sites

22 January 2024

Ten (10) developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) —Bangladesh, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam have been included in the detailed analytical work undertaken through the RFI. Except for Lao PDR, these DMCs are members of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) that have been selected to create a comprehensive and coherent network of biodiversity rich wetlands across the EAA Flyway. Additional countries may be added later.

The RFI focuses on optimizing conservation gains, ensuring that investments in site-based interventions create maximum impact on maintaining the populations of migratory water birds that use the flyway. Of the 147 RFI priority wetlands identified, ninety-one (91) sites are located at or near the coast and 56 are inland (mostly freshwater).

Presented on this page are the results of the analysis, which shows a breakdown of the priority wetland sites in the 10 participating DMCs, whether sites are coastal or inland, and the site identification and selection methodology used during Phase 1 of the RFI.

Feedback on this first phase of work is warmly welcomed.

The table below shows the summary of results from Phase 1 of RFI’s site selection process.

Country	Number of Priority Sites (Total)	Number of Coastal	Number of Inland
Bangladesh	8	5	3
Cambodia	9	1	8
Indonesia	17	16	1
Lao People's Democratic Republic	3	0	3
Malaysia	6	6	0
Mongolia	11	0	11
People's Republic of China	60	37	23
Philippines	12	9	3
Thailand	12	9	3
Vietnam	9	8	1
TOTAL	147	91	56

Below are the detailed results from the site selection process (Phase 1). Data for each DMC is summarized, and the accompanying matrices show details including score, coordinates, and the names of important EAAF species.

Bangladesh

Number of sites assessed: 8+
Number of Priority Sites identified: 8
Number of priority coastal sites: 5
Number of priority freshwater sites: 3
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 8
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 17 species including Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR), Indian Skimmer (EN), Masked Finfoot (CR), several anatid sp. (e.g., Ferruginous Duck, Common Shelduck
Sources of count and site data: Asian Waterbird Census, project reports, peer-reviewed papers

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

001

Eastern Sundarbans, Khulna

(22.00 N, 89.70 E)

Score 42.0

Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus (CR)*
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus¹

002

Eastern Meghna Delta, Chittagong

(22.47 N, 91.27 E)

Score: 30.3

Indian Skimmer
Rynchops albicollis (EN)*
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus

003

Hatia Island (including Nijhum Dwip National Park), Chittagong

(22.08 N, 91.07 E)

Score: 16.9

Indian Skimmer
Rynchops albicollis (EN)*
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus

004

Tanguar Haor and Panabeel, Sylhet

(25.13 N, 91.03 E)

Score: 16.2

Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Common Teal
Anas crecca

005

Hakaluki Haor, Sylhet

(24.65 N, 92.08 E)

Score: 7.6

Fulvous Whistling-duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans

006

Sonadia Island, Chittagong

(21.50 N, 91.88 E)

Score: 4.9

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)

007

Central Meghna Delta, Barisal

(21.93 N, 90.62 E)

Score: 3.5

Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna

008

Hail Haor (including Bakka Beel), Sylhet

(24.37 N, 91.68 E)

Score: 1.1

Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
¹Nearly meeting 1% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Cambodia

Number of sites assessed: 12
Number of priority sites identified: 9
Number of priority coastal sites: 1 (Koh Kapik/Peam Krasop)
Number of priority freshwater sites: 8
Number of priority sites overlapping with protected area(s): 7
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 11 species, including Spot-billed Pelican, Sarus Crane (VU), Greater Adjutant (EN), Masked Finfoot (CR), Asian Openbill, Painted Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Spotted Greenshank (EN)
Source of count and site data: Asian Waterbird Census, project reports from Wildlife Conservation Society and BirdLife International, peer-reviewed papers

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

009

Prek Toal (part of Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve), Battambang

(13.12 N, 103.65 E)

Score: 250.7

Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis**
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala**
Greater Adjutant
Leptoptilos dubius (EN)**
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus (CR) (estimates only)

010

Ang Tropeang Thmor (Sarus Crane Reserve), Siem Reap

(13.82 N, 103.31 E)

Score: 33.3

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)*
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Black-headed Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus

011

Boeung Prek Lapouv (Sarus Crane Reserve), Takeo

(10.72 N, 105.03 E)

Score: 30.4

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)*
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala

012

Anlung Pring (Sarus Crane Reserve), Kampot

(10.48 N, 104.53 E)

Score: 21.3

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)*
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa

013

Boeng Chhmar Ramsar Site, Kampong Thom

(12.83 N, 104.29 E)

Score: 19.4

Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala*
Greater Adjutant
Leptoptilos dubius (EN)
Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis

014

Chi Kreng, Siem Reap

(13.01 N, 104.42 E)

Score: 5.4

Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)

015

Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary (Memey River), Preah Vihear

(14.02 N, 104.52 E)

Score: 4.7

Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus (CR)

016

Koh Kapik (Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary), Koh Kong

(11.54 N, 102.97 E)

Score: 3.2

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

017

Stoung, Kampong Thom

(12.99 N, 104.47 E)

Score: 1.0

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Indonesia

Number of sites assessed: 24
Number of priority sites identified: 17
Number of priority coastal sites: 16
Number of priority freshwater sites: 1 (Mahakam Lakes)
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 8
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 19 species including Spotted Greenshank (EN), Asian Dowitcher, Red Knot, Far Eastern Curlew (EN), Bar & Black-tailed Godwit & Australian Pratincole
Source of count and site data: Asian Waterbird Census, project reports from EAAFP and Manfred Stiftung/Eksai foundations, peer-reviewed papers

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

018

Batu Bara coast, N Sumatra

(3.38 N, 99.43 E)

Score: 44.9

Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres¹

019

Banyuasin Peninsula and Berbak-Sembilang National Park, S Sumatra

(-1.89 N, 104.61 E)

Score: 27.1

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)¹

020

Deli-Serdang, N Sumatra

(3.73 N, 98.79 E)

Score: 17.4

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

021

Wasur National Park, S Papua

(-8.60 N, 140.80 E)

Score: 10.4

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*

022

Middle Mahakam Lakes, E Kalimantan

(-0.36 N, 116.20 E)

Score: 7.7

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola

023

Sungai Progo Delta - Trisik Beach, Yogyakarta

(-7.98 N, 110.20 E)

Score: 7.4

Sanderling
Calidris alba
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola

024

Cemara Beach, Jambi

(-1.42 N, 104.46 E)

Score: 7.1

Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus¹

025

East Aceh coast, Aceh

(4.68 N, 97.96 E)

Score: 5.3

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus

026

North Aceh coast, Aceh

(5.22 N, 97.45 E)

Score: 4.7

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus

027

Kupang Bay, E Nusa Tenggara

(-10.05 N, 123.78 E)

Score: 3.5

Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella

028

Sekopong Bay, Way Kambas National Park, Lampung

(-4.90 N, 105.88 E)

Score: 2.2

Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus

029

Benoa Bay – Serangan Island, Bali

(-8.74 N, 115.22 E)

Score: 2.1

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

030

Gresik and Surabaya coast (incl. Ujung Pangkah), E Java

(-6.92 N, 112.62 E)

Score: 1.9

Red Knot
Calidris canutus

031

Asahan coast, N Sumatra

(3.03N, 99.87 E)

Score: 1.4

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus

032

North Labuhan Batu coast, N Sumatra

(2.77 N, 99.99 E)

Score: 1.4

Common Redshank
Tringa totanus

033

Labuhan Batu coast, N Sumatra

(2.70 N, 100.16 E)

Score: 1.4

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus

034

North Seram coast (partly in Manusela National Park), Maluku

(-2.95 N, 129.12 E)

Score: 1.0

Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini (CR)

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
¹Nearly meeting 1% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Number of sites assessed: 5
Number of priority sites identified: 3
Number of priority coastal sites: 0
Number of priority freshwater sites: 3
Number of priority sites overlapping with protected area(s): 2
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): Masked Finfoot (CR), Asian Openbill, Little Ringed Plover
Source of count and site data: IUCN and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reports, BirdLife/WCS survey datasets

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

035

Xe Pian NBCA (including Bueng Kiat Ngong wetlands), Champasak

(14.56 N, 106.06 E)

Score: 4.5

Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus (CR)
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans

036

Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, Vientiane-Xayabury

(18.32 N, 101.52 E)

Score: 2.2

Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius

037

Dong Kanthung Protected Forest (proposed NBCA), Champasak

(14.40 N, 105.43 E)

Score: 2.0

Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus (CR)

Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Malaysia

Number of sites assessed: 9
Number of priority sites identified: 6
Number of priority coastal sites: 6
Number of priority freshwater sites: 0
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 2
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 11 species including Spotted Greenshank (EN), Asian Dowitcher, Far Eastern Curlew (EN), Great Knot (EN), Lesser Sandplover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Chinese Egret (VU)
Source of count and site data: Asian Waterbird Census, peer-reviewed papers

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

038

North-Central Selangor Coast, Selangor

(3.24 N, 101.30 E)

14.1

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala

039

Sadong-Saribas Coast, Sarawak

(1.68 N, 111.05 E)

13.2

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes (VU)
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

040

Buntal Bay, Sarawak

(1.69 N, 110.39 E)

9.2

Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica¹

041

Teluk Air Tawar-Kuala Muda IBA, Pulau Pinang

(5.53 N, 100.37 E)

8.4

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus

042

Mersing-Endau Coast, Johor

(2.64 N, 103.71 E)

2.2

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus

043

Pulau Bruit, Sarawak

(2.58 N, 111.29 E)

1.8

Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes (VU)

¹Nearly meeting 1% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Mongolia

Number of sites assessed: 48
Number of priority sites identified: 11
Number of priority coastal sites: 0
Number of priority freshwater sites: 11
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 10
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 48 species including Dalmatian Pelican, White-naped Crane (VU), Hooded Crane (VU), Swan Goose (VU), Common Pochard (VU) – mostly at breeding locales
Source of count and site data: Peer-reviewed papers, IBA datasheets and Mongolian Red Data Book (birds), expert reviews

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

044

Khar-Us Lake (including Khovd River Tributary and Khar Lake), Uvs Aimag

(47.75 N, 92.17 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 1)^A

Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus**
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Common Crane
Grus grus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Great Egret
Egretta alba
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Temminck’s Stint
Calidris temminckii
Great Black-headed Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
White Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)

045

Khurkh Khuiten, Khentii Aimag

(48.32 N, 110.37 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 2)^A

Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea**
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Common Crane
Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane
Anthropoides virgo
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus

046

Mongol Daguur IBA including Ulz River and Khukh Lake (include SPA), Dornod Aimag

(49.72 N, 115.25 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 3)^A

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha*
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Common Crane
Grus grus
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)
Demoiselle Crane
Anthropoides virgo

047

Uvs Lake, Uvs Aimag

(50.2 N, 92.28 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 4)^A

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea

048

Tolbo Lake, Bayan-Olgii Aimag

(48.53 N, 90.1 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 5)^A

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus

049

Airag Lake, Uvs Aimag

(48.9 N, 93.43 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 6)^A

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Pallas's Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus

050

Tashgain Tavan Lakes, Dornod Aimag

(47.37 N, 118.45 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 7)^A

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo

051

Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake, Arkhangai Aimag

(48.17 N, 99.75 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 8)^A

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus

052

Ogii Lake, Arkhangai Aimag

(47.77 N, 102.7 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 9)^A

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangul
Common Crane
Grus grus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor

053

Buir Lake, Dornod Aimag (transboundary to Hulun Lake, PR China)

(47.77 N, 117.8 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 10)^A

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)

054

Valley of lakes (including Boon Tsagaan, Orog Lake and Taatsiin Tsagaan, Bayan-Khongor Aimag

(45.3 N, 100.12 E)

Score: N.a. (Rank: 11)^A

Mute Swan
Cygnus olor*
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha

^ARelatively little recent waterbird count data was available for most sites in Mongolia, and the Priority Sites were selected based on the available data and advice from national experts.
*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

People's Republic of China

Coastal Wetlands

Number of sites assessed: 66
Number of priority sites identified: 37
Number of priority coastal sites: 37
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 29
Species occurring in very large congregations (≥10%): 32 species including Spoon-billed sandpiper (CR), Far Eastern Curlew (EN), Spotted Greenshank (EN), Great Knot (EN)
Source of count and site data: China Coastal Waterbird Census, Yellow-Sea Bohai Coordinated Waterbird Surveys by Wetlands International, Annual Black-faced Spoonbill Census, EAAFP Site Information Sheets, BirdLife Datazone, The Paulson Institute’s Blueprint of Coastal Wetland Conservation and Management Strategies in China project reports, peer-reviewed papers

Liaoning Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

055

Yalu Jiang estuary

(39.83 N, 124.10 E)

Score: 308.66

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Goosander
Mergus merganser
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes (VU)
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus*
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)*
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica**
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Great Knot (EN)
Calidris tenuirostris*
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea*
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)*
Mew Gull
Larus canus

056

Liaohe Estuary National Nature Reserve and Inner Gulf of Liaodong

(40.90 N, 121.78 E)

Score: 272.71

Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (CR)
Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)**
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus*
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew (EN)
Numenius madagascariensis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Great Knot (EN)
Calidris tenuirostris*
Red Knot
Calidris canutus*
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus*
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)*
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)
Mew Gull
Larus canus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons

057

Zhuanghe coast

(39.67 N, 123.03 E)

Score: 30.44

Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes (VU)
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Little Curlew
Numenius minutus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris
Mew Gull
Larus canus

058

Pulandian-Jinzhou east coast, including Changshan Islands

(39.37 N, 122.30 E)

Score: 27.0

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Great Knot (EN)
Calidris tenuirostris
Dunlin
Calidris alpina

059

Jinzhou Bay, Dalian

(39.17 N, 121.60 E)

Score: 19.80

Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Hebei Province

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EAAF Species (≥1%)

060

Luannan-Zuidong coast

(39.10 N, 118.20 E)

Score: 199.05

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta*
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa*
Great Knot (EN)
Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot
Calidris canutus**
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba*
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus

061

Huanghua-Cangzhou coast

(38.43 N, 117.67 E)

Score: 84.61

Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Baer's Pochard
Aythya baeri (CR)
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)
Common Crane
Grus grus
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)
Mew Gull
Larus canus

062

Laoting-Caofeidian coast

(39.02 N, 118.73 E)

Score: 17.08

Smew
Mergellus albellus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Tianjin Municipality

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EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

063

Tianjin coastal mudflats

(38.92 N, 117.75 E)

Score: 174.14

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus*
Greylag Goose
Anser anser*
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Goosander
Mergus merganser
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta*
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)**
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

064

Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve

(38.75 N, 117.38 E)

Score: 81.19

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Baer's Pochard
Aythya baeri (CR)
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Shandong Province

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Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

065

Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve

(37.97 N, 118.97 E)

Score: 595.48

Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Goosander
Mergus merganser
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
Baer's Pochard
Aythya baeri (CR)
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Chinese Spot-billed Duck
Anas zonorhyncha
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (CR)*
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)*
Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)*
Common Crane
Grus grus**
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus**
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Little Curlew
Numenius minutus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)*
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa*
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)*
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)*
Common Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

066

Qingdao coast and Jiaozhou Bay

(36.18 N, 120.20 E)

Score: 78.15

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini (CR)*

067

Laizhou Bay

(37.10 N, 119.40 E)

Score: 24.16

Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Goosander
Mergus merganser
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata

068

Wudi-Zhanhua-Hekou coast (38.13 N, 118.20 E)

Score: 15.63

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)

069

Rongcheng Swan Nature Reserve

(37.25 N, 122.57 E)

Score: 11.85

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus*

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Jiangsu Province

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EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

070

Lianyungang coast

(34.62 N, 119.52 E)

Score: 344.15

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)*
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus**
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta*
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola*
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa*
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus*
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)*
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus**
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)*
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
Relict Gull
Larus relictus (VU)
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

071

Tiaozini (Dongtai coast)

(32.75 N, 120.97 E)

Score: 318.33

Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus**
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo*
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus*
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)*
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)**
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

072

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

(33.72 N, 120.52 E)

Score: 195.70

Goosander
Mergus merganser
Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)**
Common Crane
Grus grus
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola*
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)*
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo*

073

Ganyu coast

(34.97 N, 119.20 E)

Score: 194.23

Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus*
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)*
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus**
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

074

Dongling coast

(32.15 N, 121.45 E)

Score: 126.56

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons

075

Rudong coast

(32.52 N, 121.17 E)

Score: 84.02

Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola*
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus*
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)*
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

076

Dongsha shoals

(33.00 N, 121.23E)

Score: 41.72

Goosander
Mergus merganser
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Red Knot
Calidris canutus*
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Shanghai Municipality

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EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

077

Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve

(31.48 N, 122.00 E)

Score: 43.36

Baikal Teal
Sibirionetta formosa
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis

078

Nanhui coast (including Nanhui Wetlands Park)

(30.93 N, 121.97 E)

Score: 15.72

Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Zhejiang Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

079

Wenzhou Bay

(27.92 N, 120.88 E)

Score: 94.14

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina (VU)
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus*
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (EN)
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)

080

Hangzhou Bay

(30.33 N, 121.00 E)

Score: 43.80

Baer's Pochard
Aythya baeri (CR)
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata (VU)
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Fujian Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

081

Min Jiang estuary

(26.12 N, 119.63 E)

Score: 52.36

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini (CR)

082

Quanzhou Bay, including Jin Jiang estuary

(24.85 N, 118.67 E)

Score: 24.77

Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)

083

Xiamen coast

(24.57 N, 118.08 E)

Score: 13.49

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

084

Xinghua Bay

(25.45 N, 119.18 E)

Score: 12.94

Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Guangdong Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

085

Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment

(22.50 N, 114.02 E)

Score: 68.84

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo*
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

086

Haifeng wetlands

(22.83 N, 115.22 E)

Score: 12.78

Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

087

Zhanjiang-Leizhou Peninsula coast

(20.85 N, 110.20 E)

Score: 12.62

Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Saunders's Gull
Saundersilarus saundersi (VU)
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Hainan Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

088

Dongzhaigang Nature Reserve

(20.02 N, 110.57 E)

Score: 16.69

Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba

089

Danzhou-Lingao coast

(19.73 N, 109.23 E)

Score: 9.29

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus

Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Guangxi Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

090

Beihai coast

(21.45 N, 109.32 E)

Score: 11.01

Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)
Sanderling
Calidris alba

091

Fangcheng coast

(21.57 N, 108.15 E)

Score: 8.49

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea (CR)

Inland Wetlands

Number of sites assessed: 33
Number of priority sites identified: 23
Number of priority inland sites: 23
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 23
Species occurring in large congregations (≥10%): 17 species including Swan Goose (VU), Lesser White-fronted Goose (VU), Baer’s Pochard (CR), Siberian Crane (CR), White-naped Crane (VU), Red-crowned Crane (VU), Hooded Crane (VU), Oriental Stork (EN), Relict Gull (VU)
Source of count and site data: Peer-reviewed papers, Report on the coordinated Surveys for wintering waterbirds of Central and Lower Yangtze, EAAFP Site Information Sheets, BirdLife Datazone

Jiangxi Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF SPECIES (≥1%)

092

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

(29.17 N, 115.97 E)

Score: 825.49

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus *
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)**
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis **
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons **
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus (VU)
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (CR)**
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)*
Red-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis (VU)**
Common Crane
Grus grus *
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)*
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia *
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta *
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa **
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

093

Nanjishan Wetland Nature Reserve

(29.00 N, 116.28 E)

Score: 134.9

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis *
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons *
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Siberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (CR)
White-naped Crane
Antigone vipio (VU)**
Common Crane
Grus grus
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
**Exceeding 50% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Hunan Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

094

East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve

(29.33 N, 112.92 E)

Score: 134.53

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)*
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis*
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons*
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus (VU)*
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata*
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia*
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

095

West Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve

(28.82 N, 112.20 E)

Score: 13.88

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Anhui Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

096

Shengjin Lake Nature Reserve

(30.38 N, 117.07 E)

Score: 99.59

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)*
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis*
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons*
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus (VU)*
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)*
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

097

Anqing Yangtze Riverine Wetland Nature Reserve

(30.53 N, 116.90 E)

Score: 71.32

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus*
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid (VU)
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus (VU)
Smew
Mergellus albellus
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Hooded Crane
Grus monacha (VU)
Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana (EN)
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

* Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Hubei Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

098

Wanghu Lake National Nature Reserve

(29.87 N, 115.33 E)

Score: 21.11

Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

099

Chenhu Lake Provincial Nature Reserve

(30.30 N, 113.82 E)

Score: 13.92

Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Falcated Duck
Mareca falcata
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Heilongjiang Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

100

Zhalong National Nature Reserve

(47.20 N, 124.20 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of These Sites for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Zhalong NNR comprises extensive reedbeds, pools and marshland that supports large numbers of breeding and migrating waterbirds, notably an important breeding population of Red-crowned Crane (VU). The wetlands there have experienced serious ecological problems and lost some of their value for migratory waterbirds, but measures are underway to reverse the trends of increasing ecological degradation (Su et al. 2011).

101

Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve

(45.30 N, 132.57 E)

Score: N.a.

Xingkai Lake (Lake Khanka) is a large transboundary freshwater lake on the border between China and Russia. The extensive floodplain wetlands around the lake provide stopover and breeding habitats for up to two million waterbirds, notably large congregations of Red-crowned Crane (VU) and Oriental Stork (EN). At least 14 waterbird species have internationally important populations in the national nature reserve (RIS).

102

Sanjiang National Nature Reserve

(47.90 N, 134.50 E)

Score: N.a.

The Sanjiang Plain is an extensive delta alluvial plain where the Heilongjiang and Wusuli (Ussuri) Rivers converge. It supports 50,000-100,000 geese and ducks during the migration seasons, including up to 24,000 Swan Goose (VU), and also supports breeding populations of Red-crowned Crane (VU), White-naped Crane (VU) and Oriental Stork (EN) (RIS).

^ASites in the Yellow River basin and north-east China were added to the Priority Sites list at a relatively late stage, based on readily available data on migratory waterbirds and advice from national experts.
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s).

Jilin Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

103

Momoge National Nature Reserve

(46.00 N, 123.75 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of These Sites for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Momoge NNR comprises extensive marshlands, grasslands and agricultural land that support more than 100,000 waterbirds during the migration seasons, including anatidae, cranes and Oriental Stork (EN). Most notably, approximately 95% of the global population of Siberian Crane (CR) stops over there on migration (Wang et al. 2022).

104

Xianghai National Nature Reserve

(45.08 N, 122.33 E)

Score: N.a.

Xianghai NNR is located at the western edge of the Songnen Plain, and the numerous lakes and extensive marshlands there are an important breeding and staging area for migratory waterbirds, including Anatidae, cranes and Oriental Stork (EN) (RIS).

Inner Mongolia

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

105

Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve

(49.00 N, 117.33 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of These Sites for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Dalai Hu is one of the five largest freshwater lakes (by area) in China and is surrounded by vast areas of marshland and arid steppes. Hundreds of thousands of waterbirds stage or breed there every year, including at least 11 species that occur in internationally important numbers (RIS, SIS).

106

Wuliangsuhai National Nature Reserve

(41.10 N, 108.83 E)

Score: N.a.

Wuliangsuhai is a large lake with extensive emergent vegetation, that is an important breeding and staging area for waterbirds in a vast arid region of northwest China. A waterbird survey in 2011-2012 counted more than 165,900 individual birds there, including 19 species that exceeded 1% of flyway population thresholds, notably Swan Goose (VU), Far Eastern Curlew (EN) and Relict Gull (VU) (Zhang et al. 2017).

Hebei

SITE

EAAF Species (≥1%)

107

Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve

(37.60 N, 115.60 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of This Site for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Hengshui Lake NNR is an important breeding and stopover site for waterbirds in the arid North China Plain region. Nineteen waterbird species have occurred there in internationally important numbers, most notably around 15% of the global population of Baer’s Pochard (CR) and 30% of the flyway population of Bean Goose (Guo et al. 2021).

Qinghai Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

108

Zhaling Lake-Er’ling Lake National Nature Reserve

(34.93 N, 97.45 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of This Site for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Zhaling Lake-Er’ling Lake NNR includes two high-altitude lakes that are important for migratory waterbirds, including at least five species that exceed 1% of flyway population thresholds there, notably Black-necked Crane (VU) (Sun et al. 2020, Gong et al. 2022).

Gansu Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

109

Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve

(34.23 N, 102.32 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of This Site for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Gahai-Zecha NNR is a high-altitude wetland in arid Gansu Province, where at least four migratory waterbird species exceed 1% of flyway population thresholds, notably a large breeding population of Common Redshank and Black-necked Crane (VU) (Ramsar Information Sheet).

Ningxia Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

110

Shahu Lake National Wetland Park

(38.82 N, 106.35 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of This Site for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Shahu Lake National Wetland Park is one of the few extensive wetlands in arid Ningxia Province. Based on the habitats present it is considered likely to support significant populations of migratory waterbirds, but no surveys are known to have been conducted to investigate their status.

Shanxi Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

111

Hongjianlao National Nature Reserve

(39.08 N, 109.92 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of These Sites for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Hongjianlao NNR is a wetland in an arid region of Shaanxi Province that in recent years has supported more than half of the global population of Relict Gull (VU), which nests on islands in the lake. At least three other migratory waterbird species exceed 1% of flyway population thresholds there, but the wetlands are subject to shrinkage linked to water extraction (Liang & Yan 2017, Liu et al. 2017).

112

Yuncheng Yellow River Wetland Provincial Nature Reserve

(35.03 N, 110.98 E)

Score: N.a.

Yuncheng Yellow River Wetland Provincial NR is the largest wetland nature reserve in Shanxi Province. It supports an important population of Whooper Swan, with more than 10,000 individuals estimated to winter, and several other migratory waterbird species have exceeded 1% of flyway population thresholds there.

Henan Province

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

113

Yellow River Wetland National Nature Reserve

(34.87 N, 112.50 E)

Score: N.a.

Importance of These Sites for Migratory Waterbirds^A

Yellow River Wetland NNR is an extensive area of riverine floodplain wetlands that is a demonstration site for ADB’s Yellow River Project. It supports a large wintering population of Whooper Swan, and several other migratory waterbird species have exceeded 1% of flyway population thresholds there.

114

Minquan Yellow River Old Riverway National Wetland Park (34.65 N, 115.32E)

Score: N.a.

Minquan Yellow River Old Riverway National Wetland Park comprises wetlands in the old channel of the Yellow River and is important for the conservation of migratory waterbirds (Li Changkan et al. 2019). Waterbird surveys in 2017-2019 counted up to 60,000 individual birds there, including six species that exceeded 1% of flyway population thresholds, most notably around 12.5% of the global population of Baer’s Pochard (CR) (Ramsar Information Sheet).

Philippines

Number of sites assessed: 20
Number of priority sites identified: 12
Number of priority coastal sites: 9
Number of priority freshwater sites: 3
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 7
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 28 species, including Great Knot (EN), Chinese Egret (VU), Grey-tailed Tattler (NT), Red-necked Stint (NT), Chinese Crested Tern (CR) and several herons and anatid sp. (e.g. Tufted Duck, Garganey)
Source of count and site data · Asian Waterbird Census, peer-reviewed papers, project reports

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

115

North Manila Bay (Bulacan) (includes Pampanga River East Bank-Santa Cruz-Caliligawan-Pamawaran-Navotas-Taliptip-Tanza)

(14.77 N, 120.79 E)

Score: 24.6

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

116

Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cebu

(10.25 N, 124.05 E)

Score: 24.6

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus*
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes (NT)
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis (NT)

117

Bangrin Marine Protected Area, Pangasinan

(16.25 N, 119.93 E)

Score: 21.1

Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia*
Great White Egret
Ardea alba

118

Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA), Negros Occidental

(10.27 N, 122.84 E)

Score: 14.8

Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa (NT)
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Chinese Egret
Egretta eulophotes (VU)
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia

119

Lake Mainit, Agusan del Norte

(9.46 N, 125.52 E)

Score: 13.8

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula*

120

North Manila Bay (Pampanga) (includes Pampanga River Westbank-Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands)

(14.83 N, 120.59 E)

Score: 12.2

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus

121

Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Agusan del Sur

(8.31 N, 125.90 E)

Score: 6.9

Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia

122

Candaba Wetlands, Pampanga

(15.07 N, 120.88 E)

Score: 5.2

Garganey
Spatula querquedula

123

Kabasalan-Siay Wetland Area (also known as Sibugay Wetlands), Zamboanga-Sibugay

(7.71 N, 122.81 E)

Score: 3.1

Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Far-eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis*

124

Panabo Coast, Davao del Norte

(7.29 N, 125.70 E)

Score: 3.0

Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini (CR)

125

North Manila Bay (Bataan) – Balanga Wetlands Park- Pilar Wetlands

(14.69 N, 120.57 E)

Score: 2.6

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Great White Egret
Ardea alba

126

Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, Palawan

(8.89 N, 120.06 E)

Score: 1.5

Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Black Noddy
Anous minutus

*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Thailand

Number of sites assessed: 18
Number of priority sites identified: 12
Number of priority coastal sites: 9
Number of priority freshwater sites: 3
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 8
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 15 species including Spotted Greenshank (EN), Black-tailed Godwit, Great Knot (EN), Sarus Crane (VU)
Source of count and site data: Asian Waterbird Census, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, project reports, EAAFP Site Information Sheets, BirdLife Datazone

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

127

Pak Thale-Laem Phak Bia coast, Phetchaburi

(13.07 N, 100.07 E)

Score: 26.1

Spotted Greenshank (EN)
Tringa guttifer*
Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (EN)
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea¹

128

Bueng Boraphet, Nakhon Sawan

(15.70 N, 100.24 E)

Score: 24.6

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus*
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus¹

129

Pak Nam Prasae, Rayong

(12.70 N, 101.71 E)

Score: 6.1

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

130

Huai Chorakhe Mak Reservoir, Buriram

(14.90 N, 103.03 E)

Score: 5.0

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)

131

Krabi River Mouth, Krabi

(8.02 N, 98.93 E)

Score: 4.0

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank (EN)
Tringa guttifer

132

Khlong Tamru (Bang Pakong), Chachoengsao

(13.48 N, 100.94 E)

Score: 3.5

Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax

133

Khlong Yai, Trat

(11.78 N, 102.88 E)

Score: 2.8

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

134

Sanam Bin Reservoir, Buriram

(14.64 N, 103.08 E)

Score: 2.5

Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)

135

Ko Libong Non-Hunting Area and Hat Chao Mai National Park, Trang

(7.29 N, 99.44 E)

Score: 2.2

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

136

Khok Kham salt pans, Samut Sakhon

(13.51 N, 100.35 E)

Score: 1.9

Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)

137

Phang-nga Bay, Phang Nga

(8.32 N, 98.52 E)

Score: 1.5

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus

138

Bang Pu coast and fish ponds, Samut Prakan

(13.50 N, 100.74 E)

Score: 1.1

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa

¹Nearly meeting 1% of CSR1 estimates
*Exceeding 10% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Viet Nam

Number of sites assessed: 14
Number of priority sites identified: 9
Number of priority coastal sites: 8
Number of priority freshwater sites: 1
Number of sites overlapping with protected area(s): 4
Species occurring in large congregations (≥1%): 11 species including Spotted Greenshank (EN), Black-faced Spoonbill (EN), Lesser Sand Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Common Tern, Little Tern, Painted Stork
Source of count and site data: Black-faced Spoonbill annual census, Annual Waterbird Census, Spoon-billed Sandpiper annual census, Viet Nature and Mekong shorebird project reports, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force tracking data

Site Identifier

Site Details

EAAF Species (≥1%)

139

Tram Chim National Park, Dong Thap

(10.72 N, 105.51 E)

Score: 7.8

Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Sarus Crane
Antigone antigone sharpii (VU)

140

Thai Thuy (including Thai Binh Wetland Protected Area), Thai Binh

(20.61 N, 106.66 E)

Score: 6.3

Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Little Tern
Sterna albifrons

141

Can Gio (incl. Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Ly Nhon & Can Thanh salt pans, and coastal flats), Ho Chi Minh City

(10.39 N, 106.93 E)

Score: 4.0

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala

142

Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Dinh

(20.21 N, 106.55 E)

Score: 2.8

Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer (EN)
Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor (EN)¹

143

Binh Dai IBA, Ben Tre

(10.08 N, 106.76 E)

Score: 2.7

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus

144

Tan Thanh-Con Ngang coast, Tien Giang

(10.26 N, 106.76 E)

Score: 2.6

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus

145

Ba Tri IBA, Ben Tre

(10.01 N, 106.69 E)

Score: 2.4

Lesser Sandplover
Charadrius mongolus

146

Do Son coast, Hai Phong

(20.70 N, 106.77 E)

Score: 1.8

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus (VU)

147

An Hai (Cat Hai) IBA, Hai Phong

(20.79 N, 106.78 E)

Score: 1.3

Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus

¹Nearly meeting 1% of CSR1 estimates
Sites in bold overlap with protected area(s)

Identifying RFI Priority Sites

The process to identify the highest priority and most irreplaceable wetland sites involved using (i) internationally accepted scientific criteria (i.e., identifying sites based on their importance to globally significant congregations of migratory waterbirds), and (ii) consultations with government, local stakeholders, and experts. The RFI follows three long-established, government-endorsed programs that use internationally accepted criteria to prioritize wetland sites for conservation: (i) the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, (ii) the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Flyway Site Network; and (iii) the BirdLife International Partnership’s Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).

The Ramsar Convention uses a set of criteria to identify Ramsar sites, including sites that regularly support 1% or more of the individuals in a population of a congregatory waterbird species, a criterion which has also been adopted by the EAAFP Flyway Site Network and BirdLife’s IBA Programme. The EAAFP used this criterion in a flyway-wide analysis of wetland sites and migratory waterbirds to help guide the development of the Flyway Site Network. One EAAFP prioritization criteria was adopted by the RFI, under which scores were calculated for the candidate sites based on the internationally important populations of migratory waterbird species listed for them in the project dataset.

Methodology for Prioritization

To apply site prioritization methodology, a large database of migratory waterbird count data was gathered from over 400 candidate priority sites in the 10 participating DMCs. The main sources of information included earlier site prioritization analyses, national and flyway-wide waterbird monitoring schemes, notably the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), and peer-reviewed scientific papers and survey reports. The RFI team also collated GIS boundary maps for the selected Priority Sites.

There are wide variations in the level of knowledge of waterbird numbers in wetland sites in the EAA Flyway. Consultations with national and regional experts helped ensure that the variations in observer coverage were factored into the analyses.

Phases of RFI Priority Site Selection

As Phase 1 involved the initial selection of the 147 sites, Phase 2 will target further shortlisting of sites with DMC governments to a final list of 50 for which project concepts will be developed. The RFI team will undertake ecosystem services analyses to identify suitable interventions and opportunities to support this process.

Final portfolios of wetland sites and landscapes will need to align with the national conservation strategies, development plans, and international obligations of RFI participating countries. Priority sites will further be evaluated for their ecosystem services values to build strong business cases for long-term management, including initiatives that may result from RFI implementation. In-country training and consultation workshops are on-going and are discussing existing site selection and further shortlisting. Government support[DAL2] will be obtained for proposed sites that may be taken forward for concept development.

Consultation with governments and local stakeholders is critical to (i) understand existing national priorities; (ii) allow consistency or compliance with international obligations; and (iii) filter into the ecosystem services assessment analysis itself, among other things. DMCs and the rest of the global flyway community are encouraged to get involved in ongoing RFI discussions.

Feedback on this first phase of work is warmly welcomed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Regional Flyway Initiative and its partners are greatly indebted to colleagues, friends, and partners who have contributed to and have been consulted in the conduct of the site selection process.

Much appreciation, of course, goes to the members of the technical team for the Phase 1 site selection work, Mike Crosby, Ding Li Yong, and Shelby Wee, and the coordinators of the Asian Waterbird Census and other national experts. We also offer thanks to the following for their time, support, and expert knowledge and guidance in specific countries:

Amarkhuu Gungaa, Annadel Cabanban, Arne Jensen, Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok, Batrisyia Teepol, Bou Vorsak, Bui Thanh Trung, Chairunas Adha Putra, Cynthia Layusa, David Melville, Doug Watkins, Duncan Lang, Enam Ul Haque, Ferry Hasudungan, Gankhuyag Purev-Ochir, Gan Xiaojing, Gary Allport, Gombobaatar Sundev, Gregorio de la Rosa, Heejin Oh, Hong Chamnan, Jacelyn See, Jimmy Choi, Josiah David Quimpo, Khwankhao Sinhaseni, Le Trong Trai, Lisa M. Paguntalan, Mike Lu, Muntjargal Myagmar, Nguyen Hoai Bao, Nguyen Quang Hao, Nguyen Van Thang, Niyom Thongmuean, Nyambayar Batbayar, Phan Van Truong, Philip Round, Ragil Satriyo Gumilang, Samphors Ly, Santi Xayyasith, Sayam Chowdhury, Shi Jianbin, Sonny Wong, Taej Mundkur, Terry Townshend, Xiaojing Gan, Yeap Chin Aik, Yus Rusila Noor, Yu Yat-tung, and Zeng Qing.

We also thank Ben Petcharapiracht, (Board, Bird Conservatory Society of Thailand) for the photo in the banner.

Finally, we also express profound thanks to ADB’s Development Asia team (April Dela Cruz, Riel Jane Tanyag, Richie Lo, Rose Cheryl Orbigo, and Young Uck Kang) for the utmost support and guidance in the development of this Data Room.

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