Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Great Curassow Crax rubra | VU | breeding | 2006 | 50-100 individuals | A1 |
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | LC | winter | 2006 | 250-999 individuals | A4i |
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis | VU | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
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
Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Werner Sauter (mixto) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 185 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Romelia (mixto) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 232 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Península de Nicoya | Zona Protectora | 21,317 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ostional (estatal) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 8,570 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Nosara | Protective Zone | 923 | unknown | 0 |
Nicolás Wessberg | Reserva Natural | 61 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Monte Alto | Zona Protectora | 910 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
La Ceiba (privado) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 270 | unknown | 0 |
Diría | Parque Nacional | 5,426 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Cerro La Cruz | Zona Protectora | 199 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Camaronal (mixto) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 232 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Caletas-Arío (mixto) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 20,344 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Cabo Blanco | Reserva Natural | 2,921 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Mangrove | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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forestry | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nicoya Peninsula. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.