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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis	NT	passage	-	present	A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Cinereous Black-tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rhynchospiza strigiceps	NR	resident	-	present	A3
Many-colored Chaco Finch Saltator multicolor	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-capped Warbling-finch Microspingus melanoleucus	LC	resident	-	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	856,754	protected area contains site	185,809
Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco	Area Natural de Manejo Integrado y Parque Nacional	3,467,730	protected area contains site	0
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco	National Park	1,954,875	protected area contains site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Palm forest, Tropical deciduous forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools	-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palmar de las Islas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/palmar-de-las-islas-iba-bolivia on 03/10/2023.