AR059
Bañado La Estrella Este


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
Greater Rhea Rhea americana NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus VU resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN resident 2001-2003 10 breeding pairs A1
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Bay-capped Wren-spinetail Spartonoica maluroides LC resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis NT resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
Dinelli's Doradito Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana NT resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis NT resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes n/a winter 2001-2003 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a resident 2001-2003 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

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
2005 Bañado la Estrella Reserva Natural Provincial 61


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bañado La Estrella Este (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bañado-la-estrella-este-iba-argentina on 22/11/2024.