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La Fidelidad


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
Greater Rhea Rhea americana NT resident 2001-2003 250-999 individuals A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN resident 2001-2003 < 50 breeding pairs A1
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT breeding 2001-2003 50-249 breeding pairs A1

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
2014 El Impenetrable Parque Nacional 48


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Fidelidad (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-fidelidad-iba-argentina on 23/11/2024.