Data Zone
Country/territory: Guatemala
IBA criteria met: A3 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 185,206 hectares (1,852.06 km2)
Site summary
Rio La Pasion is an important site for species restricted to the Gulf Caribbean Slope. Although this IBA is entirely legally protected, it faces threats by an advancing agricultural border and lack of appropriate management.
Acknowledgements
Wildlife Conservation Society - Guatemala hosted a workshop to identify IBAs in Peten in July 2006. Input of unpublished data and suggestions for the delimitation of the IBA was provided during this workshop by representatives of Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONAP) - Peten, ProPeten, Wildlife Conservation Society - Guatemala, and Tikal National Park. This first assessment of IBAs in Guatemala was conducted by Sociedad Guatemalteca de Ornitología and BirdLife International in the Americas.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rio La Pasion (Guatemala). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rio-la-pasion-iba-guatemala on 23/12/2024.