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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2021

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	breeding	2018	144 individuals	B1a
Bearded Wood-partridge Dendrortyx barbatus	VU	resident	2018	35 individuals	A1
Black Swift Cypseloides niger	VU	-	2018	239 individuals	A1
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	VU	-	2018	350 individuals	A1
Mexican Sheartail Doricha eliza	NT	resident	2020	51 individuals	B1a
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	winter	2017	15,004 individuals	A4, B3a
White Ibis Eudocimus albus	LC	passage	2019	2,540 individuals	A4, B3a
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	winter	2016	11,635 individuals	A4, B3a
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga	LC	winter	2015	5,171 individuals	B3a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2017	76 individuals	B1a
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan	LC	winter	2017	50,600 individuals	A4, B3a
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura	LC	winter	2012	1,225,131 individuals	A4, B3a
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus	LC	winter	2013	1,372,070 individuals	A4, B3a
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni	LC	winter	2012	372,582 individuals	A4, B3a
Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix	EN	resident	2020	34 individuals	A1
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	NT	winter	2020	98 individuals	B1a
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	winter	2012-2019	3,146,909 individuals	B3c
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2017	65,604 individuals	B3b

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tembladeras-Laguna Olmeca	Reserva Ecológica	344	protected area contained by site	0
Sistema de Lagunas Interdunarias de la Ciudad de Veracruz	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	141	protected area contained by site	141
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	65,516	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	Parque Nacional	65,115	protected area is adjacent to site	67
Selva Nueva y El Jaguar	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	6	protected area contained by site	0
San Juan del Monte	Área Verde Reserva para la Educación Ecológica	606	protected area contained by site	0
Punta Canales o Isla del Amor	Zona Sujeta Conservacion Ecologica y de Valor Esce	7	protected area overlaps with site	0
Predio Barragán	Área Verde Reserva para la Recreacción y la Educación Ecológica	2	protected area contained by site	0
Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	52,238	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Pancho Poza	Reserva Ecológica	58	protected area contained by site	0
Pacho Nuevo	Reserva Ecológica	3	protected area contained by site	0
Molino de San Roque	Mejoramiento y Conservación del Ambiente y Estable	18	protected area contained by site	0
La Martinica	Reserva Ecológica	50	protected area contained by site	0
La Mancha y El Llano	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,414	protected area contained by site	1,414
Francisco Javier Clavijero	Parque	95	protected area contained by site	0
El Tejar Garnica	Zona de Prot Ecol destinada al Mej y Cons del Amb	93	protected area contained by site	0
Cofre de Perote o Nauhcampatépetl	Parque Nacional	11,531	protected area contained by site	11,479
Cerro Macuiltepetl	Área Verde Reserva para la Recreacción y la Educación Ecológica	29	protected area contained by site	0
Cerro La Galaxia	Área de Conservación Ecológica	35	protected area contained by site	0
Cerro de las Culebras	Reserva Ecológica	35	protected area contained by site	0
Cascadas de Texolo y su entorno	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	500	protected area contained by site	500
Arroyo Moreno	Reserva Ecológica	250	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Tropical semi-evergreen, Mangrove, Montane broadleaf evergreen, Tropical coniferous, Tropical deciduous, Tropical semi-deciduous, Pine, Pine-oak	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Savanna		-
Other		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Centro de Veracruz. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.