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Estero Lobos


IBA Justification

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
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus NT winter (2017) 370 birds B1a, B3a
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa VU winter (2017) 6,391 birds A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (2017) 26,761 birds B3b

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
rangeland/pastureland -
tourism/recreation -
fisheries/aquaculture -
other -

Land ownership
Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estero Lobos (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estero-lobos-iba-mexico on 07/12/2024.