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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding	2006	< 50 individuals	A1
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	passage	2006	200-400 individuals	A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage	2006	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i
Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus	CR	resident	2006	6 individuals	A1
Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2
Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2
Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2
Nicaraguan Seed-finch Sporophila nuttingi	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Cahuita	Parque Nacional	56
1985	Gandoca-Manzanillo (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	22
1994	Limoncito (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	3
1995	Gandoca-Manzanillo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	23
1996	Aviarios del Caribe	National Wildlife Refuge	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cahuita, Gandoca-Manzanillo and Migratory Bird Corridor (Costa Rica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cahuita-gandoca-manzanillo-and-migratory-bird-corridor-iba-costa-rica on 23/11/2024.