Bajo Río Beni, Región Tacana (Bolivia)

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Bajo Río Beni, Región Tacana

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa	EN	resident	2006	64 individuals	A1
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata	NT	resident	-	present	A1

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Pampas del río Yacuma	Area Natrual de Manejo Integrado	6

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
San Marcos	2004

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Gallery (or Riparian) forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	major (>10)
Savanna	Cerrado, Savanna	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bajo Río Beni, Región Tacana (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bajo-río-beni-región-tacana-iba-bolivia on 26/11/2024.