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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 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
Brown-backed Dove Leptotila battyi	VU	breeding (2006)	1,000-2,499 birds	A1, A2, A3
Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita	LC	breeding (2006)	1,000-2,499 birds	A1, A2, A3
Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	VU	resident (2006)	50-249 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Coiba	Parque Nacional (II)	100
2005	Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coiba National Park (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coiba-national-park-iba-panama on 23/12/2024.