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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter (2011)	43 birds	B1a

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Arrecife Alacranes	Parque Nacional (II)	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arrecife Alacranes (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arrecife-alacranes-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.