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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	present	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	resident (2000–2006)	present	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Río Escalante Chacocente	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV)	29

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	60	Tropical deciduous; Mangrove
Artificial/Terrestrial	30	Arable land
Other	10

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Escalante River-Chococente-Tecomapa (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/escalante-river-chococente-tecomapa-iba-nicaragua on 23/12/2024.