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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Black-crowned Pittasoma Pittasoma michleri	LC	unknown (2006)	unknown	A2
White-collared Manakin Manacus candei	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	VU	non-breeding (2006)	50-249 birds	A1
Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	winter (2006)	250-999 birds	A1
Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Ramphocelus passerinii	NR	resident (2006)	unknown	A3
Nicaraguan Seed-finch Sporophila nuttingi	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	San San Pond Sak	Humedal de Importancia Internacional (IV)	93

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: San San Pond Sak Wetlands (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/san-san-pond-sak-wetlands-iba-panama on 23/12/2024.