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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)	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Estero Real	Reserva Natural (IV)	73

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	38	Other artificial wetlands
Forest	30	Second-growth & disturbed; Tropical deciduous; Tropical semi-evergreen; Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	27
Marine Neritic	4
Shrubland	1	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estero Real Delta and Apacunca Plains (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estero-real-delta-and-apacunca-plains-iba-nicaragua on 23/12/2024.