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Cerro Negro de San Antonio


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Moreno's Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi LC resident (2001–2003) present A2
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi LC resident (2003–2004) 250-999 birds A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident (2001–2003) present A2
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2008) 50-249 birds A1
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori EN resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana VU resident (2003–2004) 250-999 birds A1, A2
Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri LC resident (2001–2003) present A2
Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda LC resident (2001–2003) present A2
Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC resident (2001–2003) uncommon A2
White-tailed Shrike-tyrant Agriornis albicauda VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii VU resident (2003–2004) 50-249 birds A1, A2
Rufous-bellied Mountain-tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2
Tucuman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri LC resident (2008) 250-999 birds A1, A2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerro Negro de San Antonio (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerro-negro-de-san-antonio-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.