The site was identified as important in 2008 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 |
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Rufous Crab-hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis | NT | resident | - | present | A2 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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LE MONT MAHURY | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 189 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Mangrove | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rorota. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rorota-iba-french-guiana on 27/09/2023.