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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Black-fronted Piping-guan Pipile jacutinga	EN	resident	-	present	A1, A3
Spot-winged Wood-quail Odontophorus capueira	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Purple-winged Ground-dove Paraclaravis geoffroyi	CR	resident	-	present	A1, A3
Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Violet-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis loddigesii	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Slaty-breasted Wood-rail Aramides saracura	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Least Pygmy-owl Glaucidium minutissimum	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-capped Screech-owl Megascops atricapilla	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila	LC	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Mantled Hawk Pseudastur polionotus	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Southern Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Buff-bellied Puffbird Notharchus swainsoni	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Red-breasted Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Helmeted Woodpecker Celeus galeatus	VU	resident	-	present	A1, A3
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Vinaceous-breasted Amazon Amazona vinacea	EN	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus	LC	resident	-	present	A1, A3
Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Scalloped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes falcinellus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia lichtensteini	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Canebrake Groundcreeper Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides	LC	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Olive Spinetail Cranioleuca obsoleta	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Blue Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Russet-winged Spadebill Platyrinchus leucoryphus	VU	resident	-	30 individuals	A1, A3
Sao Paulo Tyrannulet Phylloscartes paulista	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes sylviolus	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Southern Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus eximius	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Grey-hooded Flycatcher Mionectes rufiventris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Eared Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis auricularis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Drab-breasted Bamboo-tyrant Hemitriccus diops	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Greenish Tyrannulet Phyllomyias virescens	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lactea	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Green-throated Euphonia Euphonia chalybea	NT	resident	-	90 individuals	A1, A3
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Tanager Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma	LC	resident	-	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2006).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Parque Nacional Do Iguaçu	Parque	169,696	is identical to site	170,036
Iguaçu National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	170,086	is identical to site	185,000

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-do-iguaçu-iba-brazil on 04/10/2023.