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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident (2009)	30,000 birds	A4i
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	non-breeding (2009)	2,088 birds	A4i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage (2009)	28,710 birds	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	passage (2009)	2,000 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-
2012	Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano	Parque Nacional (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sistema-arrecifal-veracruzano-iba-mexico on 25/12/2024.