Key Biodiversity Areas

Dongting Hu wetlands (15673)
China (mainland), Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCiconia boycianaOriental StorkEN2009link-icon
AvesPlatalea leucorodiaEurasian SpoonbillLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas formosaBaikal TealVU2009link-icon
AvesAnser cygnoidesSwan GooseVU2009link-icon
AvesCygnus columbianusTundra SwanLC2009link-icon
AvesAythya baeriBaer's PochardEN2009link-icon
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLC2009link-icon
AvesPelecanus crispusDalmatian PelicanVU2009link-icon
AvesAnas falcataFalcated DuckNT2009link-icon
AvesGrus vipioWhite-naped CraneVU2009link-icon
AvesAnser albifronsGreater White-fronted GooseLC2009link-icon
AvesEurynorhynchus pygmeusSpoon-billed SandpiperCR2009link-icon
AvesGrus monachaHooded CraneVU2009link-icon
AvesAnser fabalisBean GooseLC2009link-icon
AvesOtis tardaGreat BustardVU2009link-icon
AvesAnser erythropusLesser White-fronted GooseVU2009link-icon
AvesAquila heliacaEastern Imperial EagleVU2009link-icon
AvesLocustella pryeriMarsh GrassbirdVU2009link-icon
AvesAquila clangaGreater Spotted EagleVU2009link-icon
AvesCoturnicops exquisitusSwinhoe's RailVU2009link-icon
AvesTringa guttiferSpotted GreenshankEN2009link-icon
AvesMergus squamatusScaly-sided MerganserEN2009link-icon
AvesGrus leucogeranusSiberian CraneCR2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Dongting Hu wetlands. 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 15, 2025.