PY053
Estero San José


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
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta LC resident (1998–2007) present A1
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus EN resident (1999) 1–440 birds A1, A4ii

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 not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no unset -

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 50 Tropical semi-deciduous forest; Tropical semi-evergreen forest

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 50


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estero San José (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estero-san-josé-iba-paraguay on 23/12/2024.