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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	LC	winter (1991)	33,000 birds	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	winter (1993)	2,256 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1991)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Cenegón del Mangle	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV)	2
1984	Sarigua	Parque Nacional (II)	9
1984	Peñón de La Honda	Not Reported (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
agriculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parita Bay (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parita-bay-iba-panama on 23/12/2024.