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Ilha de Marajó


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2021 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
Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri LC resident 2016-2021 4 individuals A1
Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis VU resident 2007 30 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2021. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2008 not assessed low not assessed
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 small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Natural system modifications happening now small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Arquipélago do Marajó State Environmental Protection Area 100
1989 Área De Proteção Ambiental Do Arquipélago Do Marajó Área de Proteção Ambiental 90
2001 Reserva Extrativista Marinha De Soure Reserva Extrativista <1
2005 Reserva Extrativista Mapuá Reserva Extrativista 2
2006 Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande Pracuuba Reserva Extrativista 5
2010 Parque Estadual Charapucu Parque 2
2018 Amazon Estuary and its Mangroves Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 10

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Mangrove -
Savanna Cerrado -
Wetlands (inland) Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats, Riverine floodplains -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilha de Marajó (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilha-de-marajó-iba-brazil on 23/11/2024.