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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A2, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Volcán Maderas	Reserva Natural (IV)	18
2010	Ometepe Island	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	95	Elfin; Montane broadleaf evergreen; Second-growth & disturbed; Tropical deciduous; Tropical semi-deciduous
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground; Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maderas Volcano (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maderas-volcano-iba-nicaragua on 23/12/2024.