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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Galapagos Rail Laterallus spilonota	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops	LC	resident	2003	present	A4i
Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A4ii
Galapagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Galapagos Flycatcher Myiarchus magnirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Green Warbler-finch Certhidea olivacea	VU	resident	2003	present	A2
Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Large Tree-finch Geospiza psittacula	VU	resident	2003	present	A2
Small Tree-finch Geospiza parvula	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Woodpecker Finch Geospiza pallida	NT	resident	2003	present	A2
Small Ground-finch Geospiza fuliginosa	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Medium Ground-finch Geospiza fortis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Large Ground-finch Geospiza magnirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

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)
Galápagos Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	14,066,514	protected area contains site	0
Galápagos	Parque Nacional	789,088	protected area overlaps with site	120,000
Galápagos	Reserva Marina	12,697,209	protected area contains site	120,000
Archipielágo de Colón (Galápagos)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	14,761,844	protected area overlaps with site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tierras altas de Isabela. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.