Laguna Ganzo (Paraguay) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Laguna Ganzo

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
Greater Rhea Rhea americana	NT	resident (-)	present	A1
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	resident (-)	present	A1
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris	LC	resident (2000–2006)	250-999 birds	A4i
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident (2000–2006)	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	moderate	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate

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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	60	Tropical deciduous forest; Tropical semi-deciduous forest
Savanna	40	Savanna

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laguna Ganzo (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laguna-ganzo-iba-paraguay on 22/12/2024.