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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus	NT	winter	2004-2007	< 50 individuals	A1
Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris	NT	resident	1960-2006	90 individuals	A1, A2
Bay-capped Wren-spinetail Spartonoica maluroides	NT	resident	1960-2006	90 individuals	A1

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Playa Ecológica	Other Area	0	protected area contained by site	0
Islas Fiscales del Rio Sta. Lucia	National Forest	550	protected area contained by site	550
Humedales del Santa Lucia	Área Protegida con Recursos Manejados	85,517	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Comisión Vecinal San Fernando	1986

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Salt/brackish marshes, Freshwater marshes/swamps	-
Coastline	Estuarine waters, Sand dunes & beaches	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Penino Beach and Santa Lucía Wetlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.