Texiguat (26684)
Honduras, Central America
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1e
Year of last assessment: 2018
National site name: Texiguat
Central coordinates: Latitude: 15.4500, Longitude: -87.3167
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 1550 to 1550
Area of KBA (km2): 291.379358
Protected area coverage (%): 87.93
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. Alliance for Zero Extinction (2018): site confirmed as an AZE site during the AZE project (2015-2018). Taxonomy, nomenclature and Red List category follow the IUCN 2016 Red List.
Delineation rationale: 2014-03-11 (BL Secretariat): a site area of 29138 ha was calculated by GIS from the site polygon, then rounded to the nearest 10% (29000 ha).