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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (2000–2006)	< 50 birds	A1
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Volcán Cosiguina	Reserva Natural (IV)	86
1983	Volcan Cosiguina	Nature Reserve (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	87	Tropical deciduous; Mangrove
Artificial/Terrestrial	8	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground; Arable land
Shrubland	3	Arid lowland scrub; Scrub
Other	1
Wetlands (inland)	1	Freshwater lakes & pools

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cosiguina Volcano (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cosiguina-volcano-iba-nicaragua on 23/12/2024.