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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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	LC	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Guanacaste lowlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/07/2020.