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Itiyuro-Tuyunti


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
Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi LC non-breeding 2007 < 50 individuals A1, A2
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A3
Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Military Macaw Ara militaris VU resident 2001-2004 30-50 individuals A1
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major LC resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A3
Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Plain Tyrannulet Inezia inornata LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC resident 2001-2003 present A2
Cinereous Black-tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Many-colored Chaco Finch Saltator multicolor LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Black-capped Warbling-finch Microspingus melanoleucus 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
2004 Lotes 1703-1704-4325-4326-4336-19866 Reserva de Uso Múltiple 42
2004 Acambuco Reserva de Flora y Fauna 6

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name Year formed
Fundación ProYungas para el Desarrollo y la Conservación de las Selvas Subtropicales de Montaña 1999
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Itiyuro-Tuyunti (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/itiyuro-tuyunti-iba-argentina on 22/11/2024.