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The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	VU	passage	2016-2022	min 30 individuals	A1
Honduran Emerald Amazilia luciae	VU	resident	2022	200-1,000 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	El Polígono	Other Area	-
2005	Colibri Esmeralda Hondureño	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Improved pasture land	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valle de Aguán (Honduras). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valle-de-aguán-iba-honduras on 23/11/2024.