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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
Puna Tinamou Tinamotis pentlandii	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii	EN	resident	2007	217 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Black-breasted Hillstar Oreotrochilus melanogaster	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Junin Rail Laterallus tuerosi	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Giant Coot Fulica gigantea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Junin Canastero Asthenes virgata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rusty-bellied Brushfinch Atlapetes nationi	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Sierra-finch Phrygilus punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Glacier Finch Chionodacryon speculiferum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	de Junín	Reserva Nacional	100
1997	Reserva Nacional de Junín	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)
Grassland	Second-growth or grazed grasslands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lago de Junín (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lago-de-junín-iba-peru on 22/11/2024.