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The site was identified as important in 2020 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
Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus	NT	non-breeding	2010	200-500 individuals	A1
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	non-breeding	2016-2020	500-4,920 individuals	A4
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	LC	non-breeding	2010	4,200 individuals	A4i
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan	LC	non-breeding	2010	50,000 individuals	A4i
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	non-breeding	2010	3,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	NT	non-breeding	2016-2020	350-2,400 individuals	A4, B1a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2010	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2020) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2020. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Desembocadura del Río Itata (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/desembocadura-del-río-itata-iba-chile on 25/11/2024.