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Baixo Rio Javari


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii LC resident - present A3
Olive-spotted Hummingbird Talaphorus chlorocercus LC resident 2003 present A2
Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons LC resident - present A3
Black-legged Parrot Pionites xanthomerius LC resident - present A3
Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni VU resident 2003 present A1, A3
Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri LC resident - present A3
Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus LC resident - present A3
Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus LC resident - present A3
White-throated Antbird Oneillornis salvini LC resident - present A3
Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda LC resident - present A3
Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus NT resident 2003 present A1, A2, A3
Orange-crested Manakin Heterocercus aurantiivertex LC resident 2003 present A2
Flame-crested Manakin Heterocercus linteatus LC resident - present A3
Grey Wren Cantorchilus griseus LC resident - present A3
Yellow-crested Tanager Islerothraupis rufiventer LC resident - present A3
White-winged Shrike-tanager Lanio versicolor LC resident - present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2008 not assessed not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset -

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baixo Rio Javari (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baixo-rio-javari-iba-brazil on 26/11/2024.