PE090
Lagos Yanacocha


IBA Justification

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
White-browed Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax NT resident 2003 present A1, A2
Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant Anairetes alpinus EN resident 2003 present A1, A2

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Polylepis woodland major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.