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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	-	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3

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)
San Benito I y II	Area Natural Protegida	2,284	protected area contained by site	0
Las Colinas	Parque Nacional	35	protected area contained by site	0
El Salto	Parque Nacional	39	protected area overlaps with site	0
El Imposible y El Balsamero	Parque Nacional	1,765	protected area contained by site	0

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Naturalist Guides from El Imposible	1997

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards & groves	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Imposible Forest. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-imposible-forest-iba-el-salvador on 04/12/2023.