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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
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi	NT	resident	2001-2003	80 individuals	A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A2
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A1
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana	VU	resident	2001-2003	250-999 individuals	A1, A2
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula	LC	resident	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A2
Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A2
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera	LC	passage	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A2

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)
Las Yungas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,350,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

Name	Year formed
Fundación para la Conservación y Estudio de la Biodiversidad (CEBIO)	2003

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abra Grande. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abra-grande-iba-argentina on 01/10/2023.