Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2007 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 (2007).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Río Escalante Chacocente
Refugio de Vida Silvestre
4,645
protected area overlaps with site
0
Límite Maritimo (Chacocente)
Reserva Natural
2,000
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Tropical deciduous, Mangrove
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Arable land
-
Other
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research
-
agriculture
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Escalante River-Chococente-Tecomapa. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/escalante-river-chococente-tecomapa-iba-nicaragua on 21/09/2023.