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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
Rhea tarapacensis	NR	resident	2003	present	A1
Puna Teal Spatula puna	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera	EN	resident	2004	138 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	resident	2002	5,519-5,673 individuals	A1, A4i
Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus	VU	breeding	2002	111-145 individuals	A1, A3
Puna Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi	NT	resident	2002	present	A1, A3
Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae	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
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Miner Geositta punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rock Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus andaecola	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
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Yellow-finch Sicalis lutea	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
2002	Poopo	Patrimonio Nacional y Reserva Ecologica	49
2002	Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)
Grassland	Puna	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lago Poopó y Río Laka Jahuira (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lago-poopó-y-río-laka-jahuira-iba-bolivia on 25/11/2024.