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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
Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis	NT	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1
Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis	VU	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1, A3
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2, A3
Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2, A3
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo Eugralla paradoxa	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2, A3
Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
Des Murs's Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
White-browed Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora	LC	resident	2001-2003	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)
Chañy	Reserva Forestal	2,039	protected area overlaps with site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aluminé-Moquehue. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aluminé-moquehue-iba-argentina on 03/12/2023.