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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
Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei	LC	resident	2001-2003	rare	A2
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi	NT	resident	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori	EN	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1
Black Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius	NT	resident	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana	VU	breeding	2001-2003	250-999 individuals	A1, A2
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula	LC	resident	2001-2003	frequent	A2
Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2
Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii	VU	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1, A2
Yellow-striped Brush-finch Atlapetes citrinellus	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A2
Tucuman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri	VU	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1

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 contains site	0
Calilegua	Parque Nacional	76,306	protected area overlaps with site	76,000

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.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Calilegua. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-calilegua-iba-argentina on 06/12/2023.