Data Zone
Country/territory: Panama
IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (2003)
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Area: 2,200 ha
Site description (2003 baseline)
Cébaco Island (7,700 ha, 26 km long by 7 km wide) lies diagonally across the mouth of the Gulf of Montijo, 10 km offshore. The rugged western end rises to 349 m.
Key biodiversity
Cébaco is one of only a few know sites for the globally threatened Brown-backed Dove. the others being Coiba, Cerro Hoya National Park, and El Montuoso Forest Reserve. The only records are from 1965, when it was noted "in small numbers", usually singly, but once four together (Wetmore 1968). The present status of the species on the island is unknown.
Non-bird biodiversity: Central American Woolly Opossum occurs (Handley 1966).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cébaco Island (Panama). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cébaco-island-iba-panama on 23/11/2024.