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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 Ibis Eudocimus albus	LC	breeding	2011	1,550 individuals	A4, B3a
Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata	CR	resident	2019	17 individuals	A1
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	2018	118 individuals	A1

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
1995	La Encrucijada	Reserva de la Biosfera	31
1995	La Encrucijada	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	3
1996	Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	31
2006	La Encrucijada	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	31
2008	Sistema Estuarino Puerto Arista	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4
2008	Sistema Estuarino Boca del Cielo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation	12
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical semi-deciduous	9
Marine Neritic		2
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	75
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Encrucijada (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-encrucijada-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.