Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Site description Located on the coast of Panjin and Jinzhou cities. The IBA extends from the Xiaoling He estuary in the west to the Daling He and Shuangtai He estuaries and the reedbeds of the Liao He estuary in the east. There are extensive tidal flats and reedbeds, but these are threatened by oil drilling in the Liaohe oilfield.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Shuangtai Estuary	Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)	128,000	protected area contains site	128,000
Shuangtaihekou	Nature Reserve	128,000	protected area contained by site	80,000

Habitats

Other biodiversity Harbour Seals occur annually in the estuarine areas in mid-March, with a maximum count of about 180 animals.

Conservation response Shuangtaizi Hekou Nature Reserve was established at the provincial level in 1985, and upgraded to a national nature reserve (80,000 ha) in 1988. It became part of the North-East Asian Shorebird Network in 1996 and the North-East Asian Crane Site Network in 2002. The Shuangtai Estuary (128,000 ha) was designated as a ‘Wetland of International Importance’ (or Ramsar site) under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 2004.

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Shuangtai (Shuangtaizi) Estuary and Inner Gulf of Liaodong. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2013

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