AR228
Parque Nacional Lanín


IBA Justification

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
Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis VU breeding - < 50 individuals A1, A3
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus LC resident 2001-2003 present 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
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
Black-fronted Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola frontalis 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).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Nahuel Huapi Reserva Nacional 236,510 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Nahuel Huapi Parque Nacional 475,650 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lanín Parque Nacional 216,993 protected area overlaps with site 379,000
Lanín Reserva Nacional 195,010 protected area overlaps with site 0
Boca del Chimehuin Parque Provincial 1,500 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Andino Norpatagónica UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 2,266,900 protected area overlaps with site 0

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name Year formed
Club Observadores de Aves (COAS) Cauquen Real - San Martín de los Andes 2007
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Lanín. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-lanín-iba-argentina on 30/11/2023.