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Parque Nacional Médanos de Coro


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis LC resident 2003 present A3
Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax LC resident 2003 present A2, A3
Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis NT resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei LC resident 2003 present A2, A3
Maracaibo Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum LC resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Slender-billed Tyrannulet Inezia tenuirostris LC resident 2003 present A2, A3
Tocuyo Sparrow Arremonops tocuyensis LC resident 2003 present A2, A3
Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli LC resident 2003 present A3
Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus LC resident 2003 present A2, A3
Orinocan Saltator Saltator orenocensis LC resident 2003 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1974 Medanos de Coro National Park 78

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Desert Semidesert -
Forest Mangrove, Tropical deciduous forest -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Neritic -
Shrubland Arid lowland scrub -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research major (>10)
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Médanos de Coro (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-médanos-de-coro-iba-venezuela on 22/11/2024.