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Isla San Pedro Nolasco


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC resident 2000 3,000 individuals A4i
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC resident 1995 6,000 individuals A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1995 Islas del Golfo de California UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 11
2000 Islas del Golfo de California Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna 100
2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 11

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Neritic 89
Shrubland Scrub 11
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land ownership
Tenencia de la tierra: No definido.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla San Pedro Nolasco (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-san-pedro-nolasco-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.