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The site was identified as important in 2021 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	non-breeding	2014	300 individuals	B1a
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas	NT	resident	2014	3,000 individuals	A4, B1a, B3a
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2014	31 individuals	B1a
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident	2011	5,800 individuals	A4, B3a
Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus	LC	resident	2014	1,000 individuals	B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2017	53 individuals	B1a, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident	2014	2,015 individuals	B1a
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens	LC	breeding	2011	900 individuals	A4, B3a
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	winter	2017	132 individuals	B1a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	winter	2013	900 individuals	B3a
Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri	VU	resident	2014	150 individuals	A1, A4, B3a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Valle de Los Cirios	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	100
2000	Islas del Golfo de California	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	100
2005	Corredor Costero La Asamblea - San Francisquito	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	37

Land use	% of IBA
other	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipiélago Bahía de los Angeles (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipiélago-bahía-de-los-angeles-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.