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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident	2003	5,200 individuals	A4i
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	resident	2003	3,315 individuals	A4ii
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii	LC	breeding	2003	13,000 individuals	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Gorgona	Parque Nacional Natural	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-natural-gorgona-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.