PE090
Lagos Yanacocha


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
White-browed Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax NT resident (2003) present A1, A2
Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant Anairetes alpinus EN resident (2003) present A1, A2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Polylepis woodland

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagos Yanacocha (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagos-yanacocha-iba-peru on 23/12/2024.