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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1994	Chamela-Cuixmala	Reserva de la Biosfera	43
2002	Playa Teopa	Santuario	<1
2002	Playa Cuitzmala	Santuario	<1
2004	Reserva de la Biosfera Chamela-Cuixmala	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	95
2006	Chamela-Cuixmala	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical semi-deciduous, Tropical deciduous, Gallery & riparian, Mangrove	94
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chamela - Cuitzmala (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chamela--cuitzmala-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.