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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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding (1979–2005)	2,640–5,673 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Taboga-Urabá	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV)	33

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Grassland	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taboga Group (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taboga-group-iba-panama on 16/12/2024.