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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	2008	min 25,600 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2008	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2008	Laguna de Babícora	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		99

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	-
other	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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