Key Biodiversity Areas

Caribbean lowlands and wetlands (20416)
Costa Rica, Central America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesActitis maculariusSpotted SandpiperLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesCrax rubraGreat CurassowNT2007A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesMicrocerculus philomelaNorthern Nightingale-wrenLC2007link-icon
AvesDysithamnus striaticepsStreak-crowned AntvireoLC2007link-icon
AvesCeleus castaneusChestnut-colored WoodpeckerLC2007link-icon
AvesIcterus prosthemelasBlack-cowled OrioleLC2007link-icon
AvesManacus candeiWhite-collared ManakinLC2007link-icon
AvesRamphocelus sanguinolentusCrimson-collared TanagerLC2007link-icon
AvesThryothorus thoracicusStripe-breasted WrenLC2007link-icon
AvesOryzoborus nuttingiNicaraguan Seed-finchLC2007link-icon
AvesPsarocolius montezumaMontezuma OropendolaLC2007link-icon
AvesRamphocelus passeriniiScarlet-rumped TanagerLC2007link-icon
AvesCarpodectes nitidusSnowy CotingaLC2007link-icon
AvesEuphonia luteicapillaYellow-crowned EuphoniaLC2007link-icon
AvesThryothorus atrogularisBlack-throated WrenLC2007link-icon
AvesElectron carinatumKeel-billed MotmotVU2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Caribbean lowlands and wetlands. 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 16, 2025.