UY003
North "Quebradas" and grasslands


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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus NT resident 1998 90 individuals A1
Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris NT resident 2001 90 individuals A1, A2
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta VU resident 1998-2001 90 individuals A1
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus EN resident 2007-2008 90 individuals A1

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) 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)
Valle del Lunarejo Paisaje Protegido 29,286 protected area contained by site 29,286
Reserva de Biosfera Bioma Pampa UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 110,882 protected area contained by site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Campo grassland -
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
forestry -
rangeland/pastureland -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North "Quebradas" and grasslands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-"quebradas"-and-grasslands-iba-uruguay on 19/03/2024.