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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Rufous-sided Pygmy-tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Parque Nacional Dos Campos Amazônicos	Parque	41
2006	Tenharim do Igarapé Preto	Terra Indígena	3
2006	Campos Amazônicos	National Park	45
2007	Tenharim Marmelos	Terra Indígena	54

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Savanna	Cerrado	major (>10)
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 23/11/2024.