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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident	1995	present	A1
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A4i
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	non-breeding	1995	present	A1
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A1
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	LC	non-breeding	1995	-	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1970	500,000-999,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Laguna Madre y Delta del Río Bravo	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	572,808	protected area overlaps with site	0
Laguna Madre y Delta del Río Bravo	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	572,809	protected area overlaps with site	0
Laguna Madre	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	307,894	protected area contained by site	307,894

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation, Freshwater lakes & pools	-
Forest	Mangrove	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-
agriculture	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y estatal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Laguna Madre. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2022.