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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	winter	2006	50-249 individuals	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	2004-2005	1,000,000-2,499,999 individuals	A4iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1985	Metropolitano	Monumento Natural	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Metropolitan Nature Park (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/metropolitan-nature-park-iba-panama on 23/11/2024.