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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas	NT	resident (2013)	70 birds	B1a
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	LC	winter (2014)	1,595 birds	A4, B3a
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	resident (2014)	404 birds	A4, B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter (2014)	60 birds	B1a, B3a
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	VU	winter (2014)	1,898 birds	A4, B3a
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident (2016)	81 birds	B1a
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens	LC	breeding (2011)	1,000 birds	A4, B3a
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding (2011)	400 birds	B3a
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	non-breeding (2018)	171 birds	B1a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding (2018)	368 birds	B3a

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2012	Balandra	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (Ia)	1

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

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 23/12/2024.