Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2013
very unfavourable
very high
medium
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
habitat
unknown
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
San Miguel
Parque Nacional
1,542
protected area overlaps with site
0
Laguna Merín
Other Area
314,000
protected area contains site
0
Humedales del Este
Other Area
260,000
protected area contained by site
0
Fuerte San Miguel
Historical Monument
1,553
protected area contained by site
1,553
El Potrerillo de Sta. Teresa
Flora and Fauna Reserve
715
protected area contained by site
715
El Potrerillo de Sta. Teresa
National Park
715
protected area contained by site
0
Cerro Verde
Área de manejo de hábitats y/o especies
8,968
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1,245,750
protected area overlaps with site
0
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
431,536
protected area overlaps with site
407,408
Bañados del Este
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
200,000
protected area contains site
0
Bañado de Los Indios
Designation Not Known
2,488
protected area contained by site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)
Freshwater marshes/swamps
-
Grassland
Campo grassland
-
Forest
Palm forest
-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
Rice paddies
-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
rangeland/pastureland
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Wetlands. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-wetlands-iba-uruguay on 04/12/2023.