Key Biodiversity Areas

Melmeg (Momege) Nature Reserve (15372)
China (mainland), Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesCiconia boycianaOriental StorkEN2009A1a, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesGrus leucogeranusSiberian CraneCR2009A1a, A1c, B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesGrus monachaHooded CraneVU2009link-icon
AvesAythya baeriBaer's PochardEN2009link-icon
AvesAnser cygnoidesSwan GooseVU2009link-icon
AvesGrus vipioWhite-naped CraneVU2009link-icon
AvesOtis tardaGreat BustardVU2009link-icon
AvesGrus japonensisRed-crowned CraneEN2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Melmeg (Momege) Nature Reserve. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.