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Fortín Toledo


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
Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens LC resident (-) present A3
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis LC resident (-) present A3
Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis NT resident (-) present A3
Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon LC resident (-) present A3
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT resident (-) present A1, A3
Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri LC resident (-) present A3
Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta LC resident (-) present A3
Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata LC resident (-) present A3
Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major LC resident (-) present A3
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii LC resident (-) present A3
Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus LC resident (-) present A3
Cinereous Black-tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps LC resident (-) present A3
Many-colored Chaco Finch Saltator multicolor LC resident (-) present A3
Black-capped Warbling-finch Microspingus melanoleucus LC resident (-) present A3

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 poor very high very low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat -

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest moderate (70–90%) moderate (70–90%) poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Natural system modifications 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 Some limited conservation initiatives are in place very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Shrubland 8 Scrub
Forest 7 Tropical deciduous forest
Savanna 5 Savanna

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 80
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fortín Toledo (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fortín-toledo-iba-paraguay on 22/12/2024.