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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident	-	unknown	A1
Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis	LC	unknown	-	unknown	A3
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis	LC	unknown	-	unknown	A3
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	resident	-	450 individuals	A4i
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria	LC	unknown	-	150 individuals	A4i
Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis	LC	unknown	-	750 individuals	A4i
Bare-throated Tiger-heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	LC	resident	-	500 individuals	A4i
Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius	LC	resident	-	8,000 individuals	A4i
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor	LC	non-breeding	-	1,100 individuals	A4i
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris	LC	unknown	-	150 unknown	A4i
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	unknown	-	180 individuals	A4i
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius	LC	non-breeding	-	1,200 individuals	A4i
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis	NT	resident	-	unknown	A1
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja	VU	resident	-	unknown	A1
Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum	VU	unknown	-	unknown	A1, A3
Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus	CR	resident	-	unknown	A1
Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps	LC	resident	-	unknown	A2, A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
White-collared Manakin Manacus candei	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	VU	unknown	-	unknown	A1
Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A2, A3
Grey-headed Piprites Piprites griseiceps	LC	resident	-	unknown	A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla	LC	unknown	-	unknown	A3
Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	non-breeding	-	unknown	A1
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea	NT	passage	-	unknown	A1
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	LC	non-breeding	-	unknown	A1
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
White-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio leucothorax	NT	resident	-	unknown	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tawahka Asangni	Reserva Biológica	250,942	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	500,000	protected area overlaps with site	500,000
Río Plátano	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	800,000	protected area contains site	797,954
Río Plátano	Parque Nacional	832,330	protected area contains site	0
Patuca	Parque Nacional	375,561	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Laguna de Bacalar	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	7,394	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen, Mangrove	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rio Platano. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/23470 on 05/06/2023.