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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A2, A3
Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A2, A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	In Memoriam a las Victimas del Huracán Mitch	Monumento Nacional	2
1983	Complejo Volcánico San Cristobal Casitas	Reserva Natural	94
1983	Complejo Volcanico San Cristobal-Casitas-Chonco	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth & disturbed, Tropical deciduous	93
Shrubland		4
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards & groves	3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: San Cristóbal-Casita-Chonco Volcanic Complex (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/san-cristóbal-casita-chonco-volcanic-complex-iba-nicaragua on 23/11/2024.