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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
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2020	37 individuals	B1a
Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix	EN	resident	2019	84 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
1992	Pantanos de Centla	Reserva de la Biosfera	1
1994	Laguna de Términos	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	72
2004	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	72
2004	Playa Tortuguera Chenkán	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Gallery & riparian, Mangrove, Tropical deciduous, Tropical semi-deciduous, Tropical semi-evergreen	35
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		27
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation	16
Savanna		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	13

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laguna de Términos (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laguna-de-términos-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.