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The site was identified as important in 2021 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
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	2019	20,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Mexican Sheartail Doricha eliza	NT	resident	2018	82 individuals	B1a
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2017	250 individuals	A4, B1a, B3a
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	winter	2019	200 individuals	A4, B3a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2018	68 individuals	B1a
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2018	33 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2020	158 individuals	B1a
Yucatan Wren Campylorhynchus yucatanicus	NT	resident	2018	129 individuals	B1a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	resident	2019	20,000 individuals	B3b

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	El Palmar	Reserva Estatal	34
2000	Ría Celestun	Reserva de la Biosfera	40
2003	Reserva Estatal El Palmar	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	34
2004	Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	40
2004	Ría Celestún	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	40
2010	Ciénagas y Manglares de la Costa Norte de Yucatán	Reserva Estatal	19

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical deciduous, Tropical semi-evergreen, Tropical lowland evergreen	50
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		31
Shrubland	Scrub	5
Marine Intertidal		2
Savanna		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	10
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ría Celestún (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ría-celestún-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.