Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008
Populations of IBA trigger speciesNote: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Tawahka Asangni | Reserva Biológica | 250,942 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 500,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 500,000 |
Río Plátano | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 800,000 | protected area contains site | 797,954 |
Río Plátano | Parque Nacional | 832,330 | protected area contains site | 0 |
Patuca | Parque Nacional | 375,561 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Laguna de Bacalar | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 7,394 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Tropical lowland evergreen, Mangrove | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rio Platano. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/23470 on 31/05/2023.