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Plate 3: Key bird species recorded in the coastal zone of the Red River Delta
Figure 13: Black–faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
–Red River Delta, especially Xuan Thuy IBA, is the
word’s third most important wintering site for this
Endangered species.
Figure 14: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus
pygmeus– the Red River Delta is an important
wintering site for this rapidly declining Endangered
species.
Figure 15: Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi – more
than 3% of the global population of this Vulnerable
species has been recorded wintering in the Red River
Delta, mainly at Thai Thuy IBA.
Figure 16: Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca–
small numbers of this Near-Threatened species are
regular at Thai Thuy IBA.
Figure 17: Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri –although
rarely recorded in the Red River Delta, this
Vulnerable species appears to be in decline
throughout its range.
Figure 18: Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa –a
regular winter visitor in large numbers with the
highest count to date of 5,000 at Xuan Thuy in April
1996, representing more than 3% of the Asian
biogeographic population.