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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Black-bellied Whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis	LC	winter	2000-2006	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4i
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A2, A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2000-2006	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Laguna de Tisma	Reserva Natural	97
2001	Sistema Lagunar de Tisma	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools, Inland deltas, Riverine floodplains, Rivers, Streams, Water-fringe vegetation	52
Shrubland	Riparian scrub & thickets, Scrub, Second-growth & disturbed scrub	38
Forest	Second-growth & disturbed	8
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards & groves	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tisma Lagoon (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tisma-lagoon-iba-nicaragua on 23/11/2024.