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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
Rhea tarapacensis	NR	resident	2003	present	A1
Puna Teal Spatula puna	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
Puna Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Giant Coot Fulica gigantea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Miner Geositta punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-fronted Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Yellow-finch Sicalis lutea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Sierra-finch Phrygilus punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Glacier Finch Chionodacryon speculiferum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1996	Aymara Lupaca	Reserved Zone	53
2009	Vilacota Maure	Área de Conservación Regional	36

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Arid montane scrub	major (>10)
Grassland	Puna	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Rivers	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Covire (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/covire-iba-peru on 22/11/2024.