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Loreto


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
Greater Rhea Rhea americana NT resident 2003 present A1
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata NT resident 2003 present A1
Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis CR resident 2007 25 individuals A1, A2
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta LC resident 2003 present A1
Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa LC resident 2003 present A3
Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor VU resident 2003 present A1, A3
Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus LC resident 2003 present A3
Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis VU resident 2003 present A1
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis NT resident 2003 present A1
Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma NT resident 2003 present A1

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Mamore Ibare Area Protegida Municipal <1
1978 Estancias San Rafael Wildlife Refuge 9

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Gallery (or Riparian) forest -
Savanna Savanna -
Wetlands (inland) Freshwater marshes/swamps, Rivers -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loreto (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loreto-iba-bolivia on 22/11/2024.