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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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter	2012	5,635 individuals	B3a
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata	LC	winter	2013	4,572 individuals	B3a
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii	LC	-	2012	190 individuals	A4, B3a
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2011	476 individuals	A4, B1a, B3a
Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum	LC	resident	2013	4,210 individuals	B3a
Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus	LC	resident	2014	7,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	non-breeding	2013	9,797 individuals	A4, B3a
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	resident	2018	75 individuals	A4, B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	resident	2013	783 individuals	A4, B1a, B3a
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	winter	2011	612 individuals	B3a
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	LC	non-breeding	2011	1,416 individuals	A4, B3a
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	VU	non-breeding	2013	81,225 individuals	A4, B3a
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2012	2,860 individuals	B1a, B3a
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	2011	11,916 individuals	B3a
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	LC	non-breeding	2013	103,808 individuals	B3a
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	non-breeding	2016	14,939 individuals	A4, B3a
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	-	2016	92,506 individuals	A4, B3a
Willet Tringa semipalmata	LC	non-breeding	2011	10,485 individuals	A4, B3a
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	winter	2011	336 individuals	B3a
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	LC	passage	2011	5,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident	2012	439 individuals	B1a
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2011	220 individuals	B3a
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2011	81 individuals	B3a
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	non-breeding	2011	200 individuals	B1a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident	2011	7,500 individuals	A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2011-2018	218,892 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
1988	El Vizcaíno	Reserva de la Biosfera	85
1993	El Vizcaíno	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	85
1993	Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	67
2000	Complejo Lagunar Ojo de Liebre	Reserva de la Biosfera	52
2000	Valle de Los Cirios	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	10
2004	Laguna Ojo de Liebre	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		81
Desert		3
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
not utilised	15
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Complejo Lagunar Ojo de Liebre (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/complejo-lagunar-ojo-de-liebre-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.