Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2008 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 (2008).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Reserva Ecológica de Manglares Cayapas-Mataje
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
44,847
protected area contained by site
44,847
Manglares Cayapas Mataje
Reserva Ecológica
56,420
protected area overlaps with site
0
La Boca-Quinto Piso
Protected Forest
1,155
protected area contained by site
0
Humedal del Yalare
Protected Forest
1,145
protected area contained by site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
Marine Intertidal
-
Forest
Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Mangrove, Second-growth or disturbed forest
-
Wetlands (inland)
Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Riverine floodplains, Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Arable land, Urban parks and gardens, Urban and industrial areas, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Improved pasture land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground
-
Marine Neritic
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
hunting
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
agriculture
-
tourism/recreation
-
other
-
urban/industrial/transport
-
rangeland/pastureland
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mataje-Cayapas-Santiago. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mataje-cayapas-santiago-iba-ecuador on 28/09/2023.