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Cahuita, Gandoca-Manzanillo and Migratory Bird Corridor


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Great Curassow Crax rubra VU breeding (2006) < 50 birds A1
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus NT passage (2006) 200–400 birds A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba LC passage (2006) 2,000–5,000 birds A4i
Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus CR resident (2006) 6 birds 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1970 Cahuita Parque Nacional (II) 56
1985 Gandoca-Manzanillo (mixto) Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV) 22
1994 Limoncito (mixto) Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV) 3
1996 Aviarios del Caribe National Wildlife Refuge (IV) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Mangrove


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 23/12/2024.