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Cerro Negro de San Antonio


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 Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Moreno's Ground-dove Metriopelia morenoi LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi NT resident 2003-2004 250-999 individuals A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 2008 50-249 individuals A1
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori EN resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana VU resident 2003-2004 250-999 individuals A1, A2
Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura LC resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1, A2
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC resident 2001-2003 uncommon A2
White-tailed Shrike-tyrant Agriornis albicauda VU resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii VU resident 2003-2004 50-249 individuals A1, A2
Rufous-bellied Mountain-tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris LC resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1, A2
Tucuman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri VU resident 2008 250-999 individuals A1, A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).



Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerro Negro de San Antonio. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerro-negro-de-san-antonio-iba-argentina on 01/10/2023.