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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Rhea tarapacensis	NR	resident	2003	present	A1
Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera	EN	resident	2004-2007	900-1,200 individuals	A1, A2, A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lago Titicaca	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	800,000	protected area contains site	421,128

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	-
Grassland	Puna	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lago Titicaca (Sector Boliviano). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/14364 on 04/06/2023.