Lorenzo Geyres and Quebracho Grasslands (Uruguay)

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Lorenzo Geyres and Quebracho Grasslands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis	NT	breeding	1978-2006	90 individuals	A1
Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	VU	breeding	2006	90 individuals	A1

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	unknown

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	good (> 90%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Quebracho	Other Area	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	major (>10)
Forest	River-edge (river island) forest, Gallery (or Riparian) forest	major (>10)
Grassland	Campo grassland	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lorenzo Geyres and Quebracho Grasslands (Uruguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lorenzo-geyres-and-quebracho-grasslands-iba-uruguay on 26/11/2024.