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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding	2006	50-100 individuals	A1
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	winter	2006	250-999 individuals	A4i
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1963	Cabo Blanco	Reserva Natural	1
1983	Ostional (estatal)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	<1
1994	Península de Nicoya	Zona Protectora	7
1994	Monte Alto	Zona Protectora	<1
1994	Cerro La Cruz	Zona Protectora	<1
1994	Nicolás Wessberg	Reserva Natural	<1
1994	Nosara	Protective Zone	-
1995	Werner Sauter (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	<1
1995	La Ceiba (privado)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	-
1997	Romelia (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	<1
2004	Diría	Parque Nacional	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	59
agriculture	41
forestry	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nicoya-peninsula-iba-costa-rica on 23/11/2024.