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

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

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

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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.