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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Rhea tarapacensis	NR	resident	2003	present	A1
Puna Teal Spatula puna	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera	EN	resident	2004	138 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	resident	2002	5,519-5,673 individuals	A1, A4i
Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus	VU	breeding	2002	111-145 individuals	A1, A3
Puna Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi	NT	resident	2002	present	A1, A3
Bare-faced Ground-dove Metriopelia ceciliae	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Miner Geositta punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rock Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus andaecola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
D'Orbigny's Chat-tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Yellow-finch Sicalis lutea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Poopo	Patrimonio Nacional y Reserva Ecologica	0	protected area contained by site	0
Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	967,607	protected area contains site	264,522
Cerro Viscachani	Reserva Natural y Deportiva	7,438	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Arenales de Cochiraya y San Pedro	Patrimonio Cultural y Paisajistico	7,438	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Puna	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lago Poopó y Río Laka Jahuira. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/14361 on 06/06/2023.