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Campos do Planalto das Araucárias


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN resident (2024) min 6 birds A1
Vinaceous-breasted Amazon Amazona vinacea EN resident (2023) min 30 birds A1
Red-spectacled Amazon Amazona pretrei VU resident (2023) min 50 birds A1
Long-tailed Cinclodes Cinclodes pabsti NT resident (2024) min 90 birds B1a
Azure Jay Cyanocorax coeruleus NT resident (2024) min 90 birds B1a
Tropeiro Seedeater Sporophila beltoni VU breeding (2024) min 100 birds A1

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 very poor medium not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest poor (40–69%) poor (40–69%) very poor

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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campos do Planalto das Araucárias (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campos-do-planalto-das-araucárias-iba-brazil on 23/12/2024.