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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Greater Rhea Rhea americana	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1
Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster	VU	resident	2004	30 individuals	A1
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1
Yellow-faced Parrot Alipiopsitta xanthops	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1
Bananal Antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A2
White-banded Tanager Neothraupis fasciata	NT	resident	2004	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1998	Área De Proteção Ambiental Meandros Do Araguaia	Área de Proteção Ambiental	19
1998	Meandros do Rio Araguaia	Environmental Protection Area	19
2001	Parque Estadual Do Araguaiaa	Parque	16
2001	Refúgio De Vida Silvestre Corixão Da Mata Azul	Refúgio de Vida Silvestre	2
2001	Quelônios do Araguaia	Wildlife Refuge - State National Park	4
2001	Corixão da Mata Azul	Wildlife Refuge - State National Park	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Gallery (or Riparian) forest, Palm forest	-
Shrubland	Cerrado	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Interflúvio dos Rios das Mortes e Araguaia (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/interflúvio-dos-rios-das-mortes-e-araguaia-iba-brazil on 22/11/2024.