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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
White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	-	unknown	A3
Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2005	Embalse Cerrón Grande	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2007	Colima	Area Protegida con Recursos Manejados	2
2010	Colimita	Area Natural Protegida	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards & groves, Other urban & industrial areas	major (>10)
Forest	Tropical semi-deciduous, Tropical deciduous, Gallery & riparian	major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools, Freshwater marshes & swamps	major (>10)
Shrubland	Scrub	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerrón Grande (El Salvador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerrón-grande-iba-el-salvador on 23/11/2024.