National Scenic Area

Taijiang National Park Headquarters

The wetland is located on the southwestern coastal area of Tainan. Its northern boundary (excluding Kunshen Harbor) reaches the southern levee of Jiangjun Fishing Harbor whereas its eastern boundary extends to Country Road System South 25-1 and South 25 and the levee. Its southern boundary starts from northern levee of Cigu Lagoon while it extends to western sea area with six-meter isobaths, including Chingshan Habor Sandbank, Wangziliao Sandbank and Dintaoer Sandbank.

The wetland is a hydrological system consisting of Cigu Lagoon, Cigu River, Dazhao ditch and regional drainage system. Cigu Lagoon, the largest lagoon in Taiwan, is granted with zoning fishing rights.
Cigu Salt Pan has stopped making sun-dried salt since May 2002. Mangrove has grown on the abandoned salt pans and waterways. Dingshan Village and Dujian Village are two major habitats for black-faced Spoonbills.

Records show that the plants grown here include 40 families, 108 genera and 131 species (including the endemic species Cyclosorus acuminatus). These plants consist of 96 endemic species, 25 naturalized species, 6 cultivars and three rare species.
The wetland is also home to 38 families and 125 species of birds. The dominant species on the water include little egret, great cormorant and little ringed plover. The black mangrove forest of approximately 5 hectares near the edge of the lagoon has become egrets’ forest. The animals here include 4 orders, 5 families, and 13 species of mammals, 3 endemic species (Formosan rat, spiny rate and little yellow rat), five families and eleven species of reptiles and one endemic species (Stejneger’s grass Lizard).

Black-faced Spoonbill, Oriental White Stork

Eastern Marsh Harrier, Osprey.

Eastern Collared Pratincole, Brown Shrike; Kentish Plover and Black-winged Stilt (for which the wetland is a major breeding site), fish (food sources for Black-faced Spoonbills during winter).

The fan-shaped salt pan at northern Chinkunseng and the salt pans at Chongliao Big Ditch are awaiting negotiation for inclusion in Cigu Wetland.

Wetlands Taiwan.