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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
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2019	35 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2019	217 individuals	B1a

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
1998	Arrecife de Puerto Morelos	Parque Nacional	2
2002	Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	3
2004	Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2
2008	Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
2013	Reserva Privada Moon Palace	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	93
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	2
Other		minor (<10)
Unknown		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	3
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Corredor Central Vallarta - Punta Laguna (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/corredor-central-vallarta--punta-laguna-iba-mexico on 27/11/2024.