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Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge

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Location
  
Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Area
  
3.723 km²

Nearest city
  
Rosario, Guanacaste

Established
  
1994

Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge

Governing body
  
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

The Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, which protects tropical forest and wetlands near the Tempisque River and the town of Rosario, Guanacaste.

It consists of seasonal palustrine wetland and contains habitats suitable for over 60 species of resident and migratory water birds, including black-bellied whistling ducks and jabiru.

References

Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia