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Isla Tortuga


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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC breeding (1995) present A4i
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (1995) present A4ii
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii LC breeding (1995) present A4ii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2000 Islas del Golfo de California Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (VI) 100
2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) 97

Land ownership
Tenencia de la tierra: Federal.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla Tortuga (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-tortuga-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.