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The site was identified as important in 2021 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps	LC	winter	2013	1,143 individuals	B3a
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	winter	2020	881 individuals	B1a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	resident	2011	113	B1a, B3a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2020	2,089 individuals	B1a
Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor	LC	winter	2014	44,309 individuals	A4, B3a
Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata	EN	winter	2020	2 individuals	A1
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	winter	2017	635 individuals	B1a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	-	2011-2020	50,067 individuals	B3b

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2021).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Puntilla De Santa Elena	Reserva de Producción de Fauna	52,435	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground	-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Salt pans & salinas	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagunas de Ecuasal-Salinas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagunas-de-ecuasal-salinas-iba-ecuador on 06/12/2023.