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Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados y Estancia El Cuadro


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
Rhea pennata NR breeding (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Patagonian Tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps LC passage (2001–2003) < 50 birds A3
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis NT passage (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica LC breeding (2001–2003) 250-999 birds A3
Patagonian Canastero Pseudasthenes patagonica LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Cinnamon-bellied Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola capistratus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Rusty-backed Monjita Xolmis rubetra LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Lesser Shrike-tyrant Agriornis murinus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris LC passage (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A3
Patagonian Yellow-finch Sicalis lebruni LC resident (2001–2003) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1954 Bosques Petrificados Monumento Natural (III) 100
2012 Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo Parque Nacional (II) 75

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name Year formed
Club Observadores de Aves (COAS) Patagonia Sur - Río Gallegos 2007
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados y Estancia El Cuadro (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monumento-natural-bosques-petrificados-y-estancia-el-cuadro-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.