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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis	NT	resident (1986)	700–800 birds	A1, A2
Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Laguna de la Restinga	National Park (II)	91
1988	Cabos, Puntas y Lagunas de Isla de Margarita	Protective Zone (V)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	18	Mangrove
Shrubland	2	Arid lowland scrub; Second-growth or disturbed scrub
Desert	-	Semidesert
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-laguna-de-la-restinga-iba-venezuela on 23/12/2024.