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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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 individuals	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 individuals	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	San San-Pond Sak	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1994	San San Pond Sak	Humedal de Importancia Internacional	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.