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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii	LC	resident	1995	present	A2
Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi	VU	resident	1995	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	El Vizcaíno	Reserva de la Biosfera	47
1993	El Vizcaíno	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oasis San Ignacio (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oasis-san-ignacio-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.