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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
Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata	EN	resident	2008	1 individuals	A1
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis	NT	breeding	1999-2008	90 individuals	A1
Marsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris	EN	breeding	1961-1996	3 individuals	A1, 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
1921	Islas Fiscales del Río Uruguay	National Forest	-
2011	Rincon de Franquia	Área de manejo de hábitats y/o especies	1

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

Name	Year formed
Grupo para la Protección Ambiental Activa (Bella Unión)	2002

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Arable land	major (>10)
Grassland	Low, seasonally wet grassland, Campo grassland	major (>10)
Forest	River-edge (river island) forest, Gallery (or Riparian) forest	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bella Unión Grasslands (Uruguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bella-unión-grasslands-iba-uruguay on 22/11/2024.