Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important 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:
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.
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 |
- |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation |
% overlap with IBA |
1992 |
Lago Ypoa
|
Parque Nacional - Publico |
82 |
1995 |
Lago Ypoá
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
82 |
Habitat1 |
Habitat detail |
% of IBA |
Forest |
Tropical deciduous forest, Tropical semi-deciduous forest, Tropical semi-evergreen forest |
41 |
Savanna |
Savanna |
34 |
Wetlands (inland) |
Freshwater lakes and pools |
17 |
Grassland |
Campo grassland |
1 |
Shrubland |
Scrub |
1 |
1.
IUCN Habitat classification.
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 23/11/2024.