Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
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
-
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.