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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	-	2005	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2013	Cienaga de Bano	Distritos de Conservacion de Suelos	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban and industrial areas, Improved pasture land, Arable land	82
Wetlands (inland)	Streams, Rivers, Freshwater marshes/swamps	12
Forest	Tropical deciduous forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Complejo cenagoso de la margen occidental del Río Sinú (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/complejo-cenagoso-de-la-margen-occidental-del-río-sinú-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.