Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados y Estancia El Cuadro (Argentina)

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Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados y Estancia El Cuadro

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
Rhea pennata	NR	breeding	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A1
Patagonian Tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps	LC	passage	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A3
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	passage	2001-2003	50-249 individuals	A1
Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica	LC	breeding	2001-2003	250-999 individuals	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 individuals	A3
Patagonian Yellow-finch Sicalis lebruni	LC	resident	2001-2003	present	A3

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
1954	Bosques Petrificados	Monumento Natural	100
2012	Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo	Parque Nacional	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 click here.

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 22/11/2024.