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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
Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis	VU	passage	-	present	A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident	-	present	A1
Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Cinereous Black-tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rhynchospiza strigiceps	NR	resident	-	present	A3
Many-colored Chaco Finch Saltator multicolor	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-capped Warbling-finch Microspingus melanoleucus	LC	resident	-	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco	Area Natural de Manejo Integrado y Parque Nacional	100
1995	Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco	National Park	100
2001	Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Palm forest, Tropical deciduous forest	major (>10)
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palmar de las Islas (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/palmar-de-las-islas-iba-bolivia on 23/11/2024.