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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
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	NT	resident	2020	800 individuals	B1a

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
1978	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Islas del Golfo de California	Other	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre 

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Farallón San Ignacio (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/farallón-san-ignacio-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.