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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2021

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens	LC	winter	2018	25,000 individuals	B3a
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	LC	winter	2019	800 individuals	B3a
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	passage	2011	4,500 individuals	A4, B3a
Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus	VU	resident	2013	80 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	-	2011-2019	30,800 individuals	B3b

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)
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho San Luis	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	3,000	protected area contained by site	3,000
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho Ojo de Federico	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	9,830	protected area contained by site	9,830
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho Manantiales de Valerio	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	8,400	protected area contains site	8,400
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho La Tecolota	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	3,000	protected area contained by site	3,000
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho La Laguna	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	3,804	protected area contained by site	3,804
Reserva Privada de Conservación Rancho El Fresno	Zona Especial Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	10,000	protected area contained by site	10,000
Reserva Ejidal de Conservación Ejido Ascensión	Other	4,100	protected area contained by site	4,100

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert	Desert	-
Grassland		-
Other		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Complejo de Humedales del Noroeste de Chihuahua. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.