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The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	VU	passage	2016	50-200 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Barras de Cuero y Salado	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Tropical semi-evergreen, Mangrove	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cuero y Salado (Honduras). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cuero-y-salado-iba-honduras on 23/11/2024.