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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2019	37 individuals	B1a
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	resident	2011	2,250 individuals	A4, B3a
White Ibis Eudocimus albus	LC	breeding	2011	5,400 individuals	A4, B3a
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2012	50 individuals	B1a
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	NT	winter	2019	34 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2019	30 individuals	B1a
Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris	LC	resident	2019	178 individuals	B1a

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
1986	Sian Ka'an	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	78
1987	Sian Ka'an	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	78
1994	Uaymil	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	15
2000	Sian Ka'an	Reserva de la Biosfera	47
2000	Sian Ka'an	Reserva de la Biosfera	31
2000	Sian Ka'An	Biosphere Reserve	93
2003	Sian Ka'an	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	93
2008	Santuario del Manatí, Bahía de Chetumal	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical semi-deciduous, Tropical deciduous, Second-growth & disturbed, Mangrove	81
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	99
tourism/recreation	1
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sian Ka'an (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sian-kaan-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.