Key Biodiversity Areas

Upper Bay of Panamá (19322)
Panama, Central America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesTringa semipalmatusWilletLC2006D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris mauriWestern SandpiperLC2006B1, D1alink-icon
AvesLimnodromus griseusShort-billed DowitcherLC2006D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris pusillaSemipalmated SandpiperNT2006D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius semipalmatusSemipalmated PloverLC2006B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLC2006link-icon
AvesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrelLC2006link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Upper Bay of Panamá. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.