Estero Ypyta (Paraguay) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Estero Ypyta

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus	EN	resident	1999	1-280 individuals	A1, A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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	negligible
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 area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

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	Unknown	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical semi-deciduous forest	13

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.