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Extensión Límite Este y Sur del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Rhea pennata NR resident 2000-2004 < 50 individuals A1
Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis NT resident 2001-2004 < 50 individuals A1, A3
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis NT passage 2001-2004 50-249 individuals A1
Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 1992-2001 250-999 individuals A1
Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis VU resident 2007 50-249 individuals A1, A3
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii LC resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A2, A3
Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula LC resident 2001-2003 250-999 individuals A2, A3
Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Des Murs's Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris LC resident 2001-2003 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1994 Ría Azul - Lago Escondido Área Natural Protegida 12
2003 Azul Parque Provincial 1
2005 Cipresal de las Guaitecas Área Natural Protegida 1
2007 Andino Norpatagónica UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 71


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Extensión Límite Este y Sur del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/extensión-límite-este-y-sur-del-parque-nacional-nahuel-huapi-iba-argentina on 22/11/2024.