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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	-	unknown	A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	-	unknown	A3
Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	-	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	resident	-	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
1997	Laguna El Jocotal	Area de Manejo de Hábitat/Especies	17
1999	Area Natural Protegida Laguna del Jocotal	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	17
2010	El Paso Las Iguanas	Area Natural Protegida	<1
2010	San Antonio La Pupusa	Area Natural Protegida	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards & groves, Other urban & industrial areas	36
Other		24
Grassland		23
Forest	Gallery & riparian, Tropical deciduous, Tropical lowland evergreen, Tropical semi-deciduous	14
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	4
Shrubland	Scrub	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: San Miguel Volcano/El Jocotal Lagoon (El Salvador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/san-miguel-volcano-el-jocotal-lagoon-iba-el-salvador on 23/11/2024.