Albufera de Mar Chiquita (Argentina) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Albufera de Mar Chiquita

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	non-breeding	2017	5,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus	NT	non-breeding	2017	158 individuals	B1a, B3a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Mar Chiquita	Reserva Natural de Uso Múltiple	100
1996	Parque Atlántico Mar Chiquito	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	76
1998	Mar Chiquita	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	96
2009	Mar Chiquita - Dragones de Malvinas	Reserva Natural de la Defensa	5

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
Grupo Favero / Savigny	0

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albufera de Mar Chiquita (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/albufera-de-mar-chiquita-iba-argentina on 23/11/2024.