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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding (2011)	8,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident (2018)	30 individuals	B1a
Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi	EN	resident (2016)	32 individuals	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Chamela-Cuixmala	Reserva de la Biosfera (Ia)	43
2002	Playa Teopa	Santuario (II)	<1
2002	Playa Cuitzmala	Santuario (II)	<1
2006	Chamela-Cuixmala	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	94	Tropical semi-deciduous; Tropical deciduous; Gallery & riparian; Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	2
nature conservation and research	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chamela - Cuitzmala (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chamela--cuitzmala-iba-mexico on 08/01/2025.