Campo do Alto Marmelos (Brazil) IBA | Details

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Campo do Alto Marmelos

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Rufous-sided Pygmy-tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1

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	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Parque Nacional Dos Campos Amazônicos	Parque (II)	41
2006	Campos Amazônicos	National Park (II)	45

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Savanna	major (>10)	Cerrado
Forest	minor (<10)	Tropical lowland evergreen forest

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campo do Alto Marmelos (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campo-do-alto-marmelos-iba-brazil on 23/12/2024.