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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
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii	LC	resident	2018	50 individuals	B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2019	20,000 individuals	B3b

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
2004	Santuario del Agua Lagunas de Xico	Parque Estatal	51

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Freshwater marshes & swamps	99

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	58
urban/industrial/transport	24
rangeland/pastureland	7
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y estatal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ciénega de Tláhuac (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ciénega-de-tláhuac-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.