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Chancaní y Sierras de Pocho


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Greater Rhea Rhea americana NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN winter 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2018 Traslasierra Parque Nacional 7


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chancaní y Sierras de Pocho (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chancaní-y-sierras-de-pocho-iba-argentina on 22/11/2024.