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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding	2006	150-250 individuals	A1
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1966	Santa Rosa	Parque Nacional	54
1991	Guanacaste	Parque Nacional	14
1993	Riberino Zapandi	Humedal	-
1995	Bahía Junquillal (estatal)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	<1
1999	Area de Conservación Guanacaste	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	95
1999	Laguna Respringue	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
1999	Manglar de Potrero Grande	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	63
agriculture	37

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Guanacaste lowlands (Costa Rica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/guanacaste-lowlands-iba-costa-rica on 23/11/2024.