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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
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus	EN	resident	1978-2003	90 individuals	A1
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis	NT	breeding	2003-2006	90 individuals	A1
Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	VU	breeding	2003-2006	90 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Marsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris	EN	breeding	2002	2 individuals	A1, A2, A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bañados de Farrapos	Other Area	6
1921	Islas Fiscales del Río Uruguay	National Forest	-
1969	Islas de Río Negro	National Park	-
2004	Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	13
2008	Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Rio Uruguay	Parque Nacional	4
2010	Bosques del Río Negro	National Park	-
2015	Esteros y Algarrobales del Río Uruguay	Área de manejo de hábitats y/o especies	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Gallery (or Riparian) forest, River-edge (river island) forest	major (>10)
Grassland	Campo grassland	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Rivers	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grassland and wetlands of Negro River down basin (Uruguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grassland-and-wetlands-of-negro-river-down-basin-iba-uruguay on 23/11/2024.