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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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (2019)	58 birds	A1
Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata	NT	resident (2020)	199 birds	B1a

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Calakmul	Reserva de la Biosfera (Ia)	98
1989	Calakmul (Core zone)	Biosphere Reserve Core Zone (Ia)	14
1993	Región de Calakmul	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
2002	Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	46

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	98	Tropical deciduous; Tropical semi-deciduous; Second-growth & disturbed; Tropical semi-evergreen
Other	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	1
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Calakmul (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/calakmul-iba-mexico on 22/12/2024.