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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A2
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana	VU	resident	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A2
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera	LC	resident	2001-2003	< 50 breeding pairs	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2004	Lotes 1703-1704-4325-4326-4336-19866	Reserva de Uso Múltiple	22
2004	Acambuco	Reserva de Flora y Fauna	6

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Fundación ProYungas para el Desarrollo y la Conservación de las Selvas Subtropicales de Montaña	1999

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Ephemeral pools and wetlands	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Acambuco (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/acambuco-iba-argentina on 24/11/2024.