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Important Bird Areas in Guatemala

Many of our birding hotspots are part of Important Bird Areas, which have been designated by BirdLife International. In May 2010, BirdLife International released the IBA directory for the Americas. PDF of all chapters are available free of charge from BirdLife's website. Use the following links to obtain the Guatemala chapter from the IBA directory and other recent publications on Guatemalan IBAs.

IBAs Americas

Download a PDF of: Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2009) Guatemala. Pp. 235-242 In: C. Devenish, D. F. Diaz Fernández, R. P. Clay, I. Davidson & I. Y. Zabala (eds.) Important Bird Areas Americas, priority sites for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series 16. Birdlife International, Quito, Ecuador.

PIF IBAs Guatemala

Download a PDF of: Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2009) Conservation priority-setting in Guatemala through the identification of Important Bird Areas. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference, Tundra to Tropics: 315-327.

Neotropical Birding, IBA Guatemala

Download a PDF: Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2009) Important Bird Areas of the Neotropics: Guatemala. Neotropical Birding 5: 4-11.

Important Bird Areas in Guatemala
Map of Important Bird Areas in Guatemala (from Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño. 2009. Important Bird Areas of the Neotropics: Guatemala. Neotropical Birding 5: 4-11.)

Information on Guatemala's IBAs is also available online at BirdLife Datazone

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