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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (1995)	uncommon	A1
Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata	NT	resident (1995)	common	A1, A3
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	LC	non-breeding (1995)	present	A4i
Bare-throated Tiger-heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	LC	resident (1995)	present	A4i
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea	LC	resident (1995)	present	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	non-breeding (1995)	present	A4i
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea	LC	non-breeding (1995)	present	A4i
Snowy Egret Egretta thula	LC	resident (1995)	present	A4i
Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora	LC	resident (1995)	uncommon	A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident (1995)	uncommon	A3
Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Orange Oriole Icterus auratus	LC	resident (1995)	uncommon	A3
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio aurantius	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	78	Second-growth & disturbed; Tropical semi-deciduous; Tropical semi-evergreen
Other	minor (<10)
Savanna	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Freshwater lakes & pools

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	18
other	1
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sur de Quintana Roo (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sur-de-quintana-roo-iba-mexico on 22/12/2024.