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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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	2012	70,013 individuals	A4, B3a
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	resident	2011	1,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding	2011	7,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Neotropical Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum	LC	resident	2011	8,000 individuals	B3a
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana	LC	non-breeding	2012	70,009 individuals	A4, B3a
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	winter	2012	97 individuals	A4, B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2018	39 individuals	B1a, B3a
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	VU	winter	2020	9,830 individuals	A4, B3a
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	LC	winter	2012	370,560 individuals	A4, B3a
Willet Tringa semipalmata	LC	winter	2012	50,170 individuals	A4, B3a
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	-	2011	120 individuals	B3a
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri	LC	winter	2011	7,000 individuals	A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	-	2012	560,849 individuals	B3b

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	Ensenada de Pabellones	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	51

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		45
Forest	Mangrove, Second-growth & disturbed	21
Marine Intertidal		18

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	12
urban/industrial/transport	2
tourism/recreation	1

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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