Jaguaquara (Brazil) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Jaguaquara

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi	LC	resident (-)	present	A1, A2
Caatinga Antwren Herpsilochmus sellowi	LC	resident (-)	present	A1
Slender Antbird Rhopornis ardesiacus	EN	resident (-)	present	A1, A2
White-browed Antpitta Hylopezus ochroleucus	LC	resident (-)	present	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2022	very poor	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	very poor (<40%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	9	Tropical semi-deciduous forest; Tropical lowland evergreen forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground; Perennial crops, orchards, groves; Improved pasture land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	9
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jaguaquara (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jaguaquara-iba-brazil on 22/12/2024.