Estancia Estrella (Paraguay) IBA | Details

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Estancia Estrella

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater Rhea Rhea americana	NT	resident (-)	present	A1
Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus	VU	resident (2000–2007)	rare	A1
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis	NT	resident (-)	present	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2011	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	88
Savanna	8	Cerrado
Shrubland	2	Scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	2

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estancia Estrella (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estancia-estrella-iba-paraguay on 23/12/2024.