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Parque Nacional Laguna de Tacarigua


IBA Justification

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
Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni NT resident (2003) present A1
Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi VU resident (2003) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1974 Laguna de Tacarigua National Park (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 53
Forest 25 Mangrove; Tropical deciduous forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 20
Marine Intertidal minor (<10)
Shrubland minor (<10) Second-growth or disturbed scrub

Land use

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


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