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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 (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

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 (-)	-

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

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

Comunal/Ejidal
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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.