Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Hong Kong
 


Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment

  • Coordinates: 22 29 E 114 2 N
  • Altitude: 0-10 m
  • Area: 3150 ha
  • Habitats: Artificial landscapes (terrestrial); Wetlands ( coastal)
  • Threatened species: Dalmatian Pelican, Chinese Egret, Oriental White Stork, Black-faced Spoonbill, Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Normann's Greenshank, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Saunders's Gull, Styanˇ¦s Warbler, Manchurian Reed Warbler, Japanese Yellow Bunting
  • Congregatory waterbirds: Dalmatian Pelican, Great Cormorant, Chinese Egret, Grey Heron, Great Egret, Black-faced Spoonbill, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Grey Plover, Kentish Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Spotted Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Normann's Greenshank, Terek Sandpiper, Asian Dowitcher, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Black-headed Gull, Saunders's Gull


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Aerial photo of Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment (Photo: Samuel Hung)

Black-faced Spoonbill
Status: Endangered
Location: Inner and outer Deep Bay area
(Photo: Henry Lui)
Imperial Eagle
Status: Vulnerable
Location: Deep Bay area and Long Valley
(Photo: Henry Lui)
Japanese Yellow Bunting
Status: Vulnerable
Location: Long Valley
(Photo: Tam Yiu Leung)

BirdLife International IBA DATA FORM (in PDF format)


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Inner Deey Bay and Shenzhen River Catchment

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Looking forward

Summary of IBA in Asia (in PDF format, 2.2Mb)

Press release (Hong Kong): 18 Nov 2004

Press release (BirdLife, global): 18 Nov 2004

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