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Bahía de Ceuta - Cospita


IBA Justification

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 (2014) 240 birds B1a, B3a
Least Tern Sternula antillarum LC breeding (2011) 600 birds B3a
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri LC winter (2011) 3,000 birds A4, B3a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC winter (2020) 260 birds B3a

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2002 Red Hemisférica de Reservas Para Aves Playeras (RHRAP/WHSRN) Other (-) -
2002 Santuario Playa Ceuta Sanctuary (-) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Mangrove; Tropical deciduous
Wetlands (inland) major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine - Salt pans & salinas

Land use

Land use % of IBA
rangeland/pastureland -
agriculture -
hunting -
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -

Land ownership
Comunal/Ejidal
Privada
Zona Federal Maritimo Terrestre 


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bahía de Ceuta - Cospita (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bahía-de-ceuta--cospita-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.