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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Lesser Nothura Nothura minor	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1, A3
White-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus candicans	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1, A3
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta	LC	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1, A3
Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	VU	passage	1998-2007	present	A1
Marsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris	EN	passage	1998-2007	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	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
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2010	Laguna Blanca	Reserva Natural - Privado	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Savanna	Cerrado	32
Grassland	Campo grassland	27
Forest	Tropical deciduous forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Tropical semi-deciduous forest	21
Shrubland	Cerrado	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	18
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	-

Propietario: Malvina Duarte

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerrado de Laguna Blanca (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerrado-de-laguna-blanca-iba-paraguay on 23/11/2024.