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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
Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	unknown (2000–2006)	unknown	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Sierra Quirragua	Reserva Natural (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	93	Montane broadleaf evergreen; Second-growth & disturbed
Artificial/Terrestrial	7	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards & groves

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quirragua Mountains and adjacent landscape (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quirragua-mountains-and-adjacent-landscape-iba-nicaragua on 25/12/2024.