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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident	1995	uncommon	A1
Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata	NT	resident	1995	common	A1, A3
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A4i
Bare-throated Tiger-heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	LC	resident	1995	present	A4i
Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nyctanassa violacea	LC	resident	1995	present	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A4i
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A4i
Snowy Egret Egretta thula	LC	resident	1995	present	A4i
Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora	LC	resident	1995	uncommon	A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident	1995	uncommon	A3
Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Orange Oriole Icterus auratus	LC	resident	1995	uncommon	A3
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio aurantius	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Región de Calakmul	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,371,766	protected area is adjacent to site	3,209
Calakmul	Reserva de la Biosfera	622,840	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Calakmul	Reserva de la Biosfera	622,840	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Second-growth & disturbed, Tropical semi-deciduous, Tropical semi-evergreen	-
Savanna		-
Other		-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sur de Quintana Roo. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sur-de-quintana-roo-iba-mexico on 24/09/2023.