Key Biodiversity Areas

Lower reaches of Tarim River (15451)
China (mainland), Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPodoces biddulphiXinjiang Ground-jayNT2009link-icon
AvesPodiceps cristatusGreat Crested GrebeLC2009link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLC2009link-icon
AvesNetta rufinaRed-crested PochardLC2009link-icon
AvesLarus ridibundusBlack-headed GullLC2009link-icon
AvesIxobrychus minutusLittle BitternLC2009link-icon
AvesCiconia nigraBlack StorkLC2009link-icon
AvesVanellus vanellusNorthern LapwingLC2009link-icon
AvesHaliaeetus leucoryphusPallas's Fish-eagleVU2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lower reaches of Tarim River. 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 25, 2025.