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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	winter (2017)	850 birds	A4, B3a
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	winter (2019)	65 birds	B3a

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	41
Forest	26	Mangrove; Tropical semi-deciduous

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	33

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y comunal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laguna de Manialtepec (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laguna-de-manialtepec-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.