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Lago Ypoa

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Strange-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus risora	VU	resident (1998–2007)	present	A1
Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri	VU	resident (1998–2007)	present	A1
Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	VU	passage (1998–2007)	present	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2011	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Lago Ypoa	Parque Nacional - Publico (II)	82

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	41	Tropical deciduous forest; Tropical semi-deciduous forest; Tropical semi-evergreen forest
Savanna	34	Savanna
Wetlands (inland)	17	Freshwater lakes and pools
Grassland	1	Campo grassland
Shrubland	1	Scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	1
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lago Ypoa (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lago-ypoa-iba-paraguay on 23/12/2024.