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Archipiélago Salsipuedes


IBA Justification

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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC breeding 2011 9,000 individuals A4, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni NT resident 2019 60,000 individuals A4, B1a, B3a
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens LC breeding 2011 1,800 individuals A4, B3a
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans NT non-breeding 2019 50,000 individuals A4, B1a, B3a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding 2011 14,000 individuals A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a - 2019 110,000 individuals B3b

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1995 Islas del Golfo de California UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation -
fisheries/aquaculture -

Land ownership
Tenencia de la tierra: No se conoce.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipiélago Salsipuedes (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipiélago-salsipuedes-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.