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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2001-2002	250-999	A1
San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus	VU	resident	2001-2002	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	unknown	2003	present	A2, A3
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3

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
1995	Old Providence And Mc Bean Lagoon	Parque Nacional Natural	<1
2000	Seaflower	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	9
2001	Parque Natural Regional Jhonny Cay	Parque Natural Regional	-
2001	Parque Natural Regional de Manglares Old Point Haines Bight - San Andrés Isla	Parque Natural Regional	-
2005	Seaflower	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	100
2005	Area Marina Protegida de la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower	Distritos Nacionales de Manejo Integrado	100
2011	Jhonny Cay Regional Park	Parques Naturales Regionales	<1
2011	The Peak Regional Park	Parques Naturales Regionales	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		95
Forest	Mangrove	4
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva de Biósfera Seaflower (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-de-biósfera-seaflower-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.