PY055
Estero Ypyta


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
Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri VU resident (1998–2007) present A1
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus EN resident (1999) 1–280 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 very high very low
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
Agricultural expansion and intensification 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
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Unknown very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 13 Tropical semi-deciduous forest

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 87


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