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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
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas	NT	resident	2013	70 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	LC	winter	2014	1,595 individuals	A4, B3a
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	resident	2014	404 individuals	A4, B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2014	60 individuals	B1a, B3a
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	VU	winter	2014	1,898 individuals	A4, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident	2016	81 individuals	B1a
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens	LC	breeding	2011	1,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2011	400 individuals	B3a
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	non-breeding	2018	171 individuals	B1a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	2018	368 individuals	B3a

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
2008	Humedales Mogote - Ensenada de La Paz	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	27
2012	Balandra	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		63
Shrubland	Scrub	29
Forest	Mangrove	1
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	5
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Se desconoce.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ensenada de la Paz (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ensenada-de-la-paz-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.