Key Biodiversity Areas

Desert and wetland from Northern Urumqi to Dabancheng (15436)
China (mainland), Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna hirundoCommon TernLC2009link-icon
AvesIxobrychus minutusLittle BitternLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLC2009link-icon
AvesHaliaeetus leucoryphusPallas's Fish-eagleVU2009link-icon
AvesPodiceps cristatusGreat Crested GrebeLC2009link-icon
AvesLarus ichthyaetusPallas's GullLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas streperaGadwallLC2009link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLC2009link-icon
AvesSterna albifronsLittle TernLC2009link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2009link-icon
AvesOtis tardaGreat BustardVU2009link-icon
AvesCasmerodius albusGreat White EgretLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas creccaCommon TealLC2009link-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2009link-icon
AvesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLC2009link-icon
AvesLarus ridibundusBlack-headed GullLC2009link-icon
AvesCygnus cygnusWhooper SwanLC2009link-icon
AvesVanellus vanellusNorthern LapwingLC2009link-icon
AvesAnser anserGreylag GooseLC2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Desert and wetland from Northern Urumqi to Dabancheng. 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 17, 2025.