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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding (2000–2006)	< 50 birds	A1
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno	NT	resident (2000–2006)	< 50 birds	A1
Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	VU	non-breeding (2000–2006)	< 50 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Macizo de Peñas Blancas	Reserva Natural (IV)	100
2001	Macizo de Penas Blancas	Nature Reserve (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	63	Montane broadleaf evergreen; Second-growth & disturbed
Artificial/Terrestrial	35	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground; Arable land
Other	2

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Peñas Blancas Massif (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/peñas-blancas-massif-iba-nicaragua on 23/12/2024.