Manchón - Guamuchal (Guatemala) IBA | Summary

GT020

Manchón - Guamuchal

Current view: summary

Country/territory: Guatemala

IBA criteria met: A4i (2007)
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Area: 20,659 hectares (206.59 km²)

Site summary
Manchon-Guamuchal is an important wetland on the Guatemalan Pacific coast, it supports more than 1% of the world population of American White Pelican.

Acknowledgements
The Museum of Natural History Jorge Ibarra, hosted a workshop in Guatemala City in June 2006. This first assessment of IBAs in Guatemala was conducted by Sociedad Guatemalteca de Ornitología and BirdLife International in the Americas.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manchón - Guamuchal (Guatemala). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manchón--guamuchal-iba-guatemala on 22/12/2024.