Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Great Curassow Crax rubra | VU | breeding | 2006 | 150-250 individuals | A1 |
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis | VU | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus | LC | breeding | 2006 | unknown | A3 |
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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Santa Rosa | Parque Nacional | 85,541 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Riberino Zapandi | Humedal | 611 | unknown | 0 |
Manglar de Potrero Grande | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 139 | protected area contained by site | 139 |
Laguna Respringue | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 75 | protected area contained by site | 75 |
Guanacaste | Parque Nacional | 33,780 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Corredor fronterizo (estatal) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 60,071 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Bahía Junquillal (estatal) | Refugio de Vida Silvestre | 438 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Area de Conservación Guanacaste | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 147,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 142,000 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Mangrove | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Guanacaste lowlands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.