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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
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba	LC	resident	1986-1991	250 individuals	A4i
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	LC	resident	1986-1996	3,700-10,000 individuals	A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	non-breeding	1994	50-249 individuals	A1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis	NT	winter	2007	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1, A4i
Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris	NT	resident	2006-2007	90 individuals	A1, A2
Black-and-white Monjita Xolmis dominicanus	VU	resident	2006-2008	90 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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.

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Lagunas de José Ignacio, Garzón y Rocha	Area de Uso Múltiple	15,250	protected area overlaps with site	0
Laguna de Rocha	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10,933	protected area contained by site	0
Laguna de Rocha	Paisaje Protegido	34,295	protected area contains site	0
Laguna de Rocha	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10,933	protected area contained by site	10,933
Lacustre	National Park	15,250	protected area overlaps with site	0
Humedales del Este	Other Area	260,000	protected area contains site	16,450
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,245,750	protected area contains site	0
Bañados del Este	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	200,000	protected area contains site	16,450

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Sociedad de Amigos de la Laguna de Rocha	2003

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Campo grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Salt/brackish marshes, Coastal lagoons	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rocha Lagoon. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2020.