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Murici


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2023 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
Long-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania watertonii EN resident 2017 min 30 individuals A1
White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi EN resident 2015 min 4 individuals A1
Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi CR resident 2022 min 4 individuals A1
Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki CR resident 2022 min 4 individuals A1
Scalloped Antbird Myrmoderus ruficauda EN resident 2022 min 30 individuals A1
Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner Automolus lammi EN resident 2021 min 15 individuals A1
Alagoas Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ceciliae CR resident 2022 min 10 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2023) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2001 Estação Ecológica De Murici Estação Ecológica 87


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Murici (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/murici-iba-brazil on 24/11/2024.