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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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident	2016	8,750 individuals	A4, B3a
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	non-breeding	2011	94 individuals	B3a
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2013	748 individuals	B3a
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	2011	40 individuals	B3a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morros de Potosí (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morros-de-potosí-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.