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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
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	non-breeding	2011	10,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	2011	10,000 individuals	B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2011	20,000 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)
Área De Proteção Ambiental Plataforma Continental Do Litoral Norte	Área de Proteção Ambiental	352,767	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mangrove	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mangue Seco. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mangue-seco-iba-brazil on 03/10/2023.