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Fujian Wuyi Shan Nature Reserve
Location China (mainland), Fujian
Central coordinates 117o 27.00' East  27o 33.00' North
IBA criteria A1, A2, A3
Area 56,527 ha
Altitude 700 - 2,158m
Year of IBA assessment 2009





Site description Wuyi Shan is located on the boundary between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and is the watershed of the Gan Jiang and Min Jiang rivers. There are more than 10 mountains over 1,800 m in the reserve, with limited areas of river basin and agricultural land.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species Season Period Population estimate Quality of estimate IBA Criteria IUCN Category
White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica resident  2008  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Near Threatened 
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti resident  2008  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Vulnerable 
Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti resident  2008  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Near Threatened 
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus unknown  2008  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Endangered 
Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneatus unknown  2008  present [units unknown]  -  A1  Vulnerable 

Protected areas

Protected area Designation Area (ha) Relationship with IBA Overlap with IBA (ha)  
Wuyishan Nature Reserve 56,527 is identical to site 56,527  

Habitats

IUCN habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest   -

Other biodiversity Nationally protected plants include Ginkgo biloba and Bretschneidera sinensis. Nationally protected insects include Teinopalpus aureus. Animals include Felis temmincki, Neofelis nebulosa, Panthra uncial, Lutra lutra, Selenarctos thibetanus, Viverricula indica and Viverra zibetha. There were records of Panthera tigris amoyensis in the 1960s.

Conservation response Established as a national nature reserve in 1979. Wuyi Shan was designated in 1987 as a ‘Biosphere Reserve’ under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme, and in 1999 as a ‘World Heritage Site’ under the World Heritage Convention.

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Fujian Wuyi Shan Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013

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