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Campinas e Várzeas do Rio Branco


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2024 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
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata NT resident - min 60 individuals B1a
Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria VU resident 2015-2020 min 15 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2024) may differ.


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2024. The most recent assessment (2024) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2024 unfavourable very high not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest moderate (70-90%) moderate (70-90%) unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Natural system modifications happening now majority/most of area/population (50-90%) very rapid to severe deterioration very high
Residential and commercial development past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting some of area/population (10-49%) slow but significant deterioration low

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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1982 Estação Ecológica De Caracaraí Estação Ecológica -
1985 Estação Ecológica De Niquiá Estação Ecológica 7
1989 Parque Nacional Serra Da Mocidade Parque 6
1998 Parque Nacional Viruá Parque 5
2005 Floresta Nacional De Anauá Floresta 6
2005 Anauá National Forest 6
2006 Área De Proteção Ambiental - Baixo Rio Branco Área de Proteção Ambiental 24
2009 Yanomami Terra Indígena 2
2017 Viruá National Park Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 5

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campinas e Várzeas do Rio Branco (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campinas-e-várzeas-do-rio-branco-iba-brazil on 23/11/2024.