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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae	NT	resident	2006	20 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Golfo de Montijo	Humedal de Importancia Internacional	91
1990	Golfo de Montijo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	90

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove, Second-growth & disturbed	23
Marine Intertidal		4
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Improved pasture land	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Golfo de Montijo Wetlands (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/golfo-de-montijo-wetlands-iba-panama on 23/11/2024.