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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2017	151 individuals	B1a
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	VU	passage	2019	80 individuals	A1
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2016	59 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2017	43 individuals	B1a
Cozumel Vireo Vireo bairdi	NT	resident	2017	135 individuals	B1a
Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris	LC	resident	2016	548 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
1983	Laguna de Chancanaab	Parque Natural	<1
1999	Refugio Estatal de Flora y Fauna Laguna Colombia	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	1
2000	Arrecifes de Cozumel	Parque Nacional	16
2005	Parque Nacional Arrecife de Cozumel	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	16
2009	Manglares y Humedales del Norte de Isla Cozumel	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	45
2011	Selvas y Humedales de Cozumel	Reserva Estatal	27
2012	La porción norte y la franja costera oriental, terrestres y marinas de la Isla de Cozumel	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	17
2012	La porción norte y la franja costera oriental, terrestres y marinas de la Isla de Cozumel	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	56
Marine Neritic		36
Marine Intertidal		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	56
agriculture	2
urban/industrial/transport	2

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y estatal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla Cozumel (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-cozumel-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.