Complejo Lagunar San Quintín

Complejo Lagunar San Quintín

In September 2008, the WHSRN Hemispheric Council voted unanimously to approve Complejo Lagunar San Quintín, on the western coast of Baja California, Mexico, as a WHSRN Site of Regional Importance. This 37,752-hectare (92,247-acre) lagoon complex includes Bahía de San Quintín, a designated Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention and a national Important Bird Area (AICA No. 102). The WHSRN site hosts more than 35,000 shorebirds annually, including more than 1% of the biogeographic population of Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola), federally threatened Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus), Willets (Tringa semipalmata), Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus), and Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa). In total, 23 species of shorebirds rely on this site.

Those who have made the commitment to conserve and manage this WHSRN site for shorebirds include the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and the Coalition for the Protection of San Quintín—a coalition of partners representing State government, 18 ejidos (communally owned lands), nongovernmental organizations, and private landowners.

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