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Isla San Marcos


IBA Justification

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
Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii LC resident (1995) present A2, A3
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens LC resident (1995) present A3
Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides LC resident (1995) present A3
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps LC resident (1995) present A3
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus LC resident (1995) present A3
Grey Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum LC resident (1995) present A3
Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens LC resident (1995) present A3
Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi VU resident (1995) present A2, A3
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus LC resident (1995) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1995 Islas del Golfo de California UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport -
fisheries/aquaculture -

Land ownership
Tenencia de la tierra: Federal.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla San Marcos (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-san-marcos-iba-mexico on 25/12/2024.