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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	Islas del Golfo de California	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
2000	Islas del Golfo de California	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (VI)	48
2005	Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	48

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	53
Shrubland	42	Scrub
Forest	5	Tropical semi-deciduous

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla Cerralvo/Jacques Costeau (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-cerralvo-jacques-costeau-iba-mexico on 15/12/2024.