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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Greater Rhea Rhea americana	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata	NT	resident	-	present	A1
White-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus candicans	VU	resident	2008	10-20 individuals	A1, A3
Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	-	present	A1

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yacuma	Parque Regional	221,698	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Estación Biológica del Beni	Reserva de la Biósfera	135,015	protected area overlaps with site	135,000
Estación Biológica Beni	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	135,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Palm forest	-
Savanna	Savanna	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Rivers	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.