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Parque Nacional Lanín


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
Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1, A3
Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 2001-2003 50-249 individuals A1
Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis VU breeding - < 50 individuals A1, A3
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3
Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo Eugralla paradoxa LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3
White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Des Murs's Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
White-browed Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Black-fronted Ground-tyrant Muscisaxicola frontalis 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
1934 Nahuel Huapi Parque Nacional 3
1937 Lanín Parque Nacional 100
1937 Lanín Reserva Nacional 43
2007 Andino Norpatagónica UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 97

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name Year formed
Club Observadores de Aves (COAS) Cauquen Real - San Martín de los Andes 2007
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Lanín (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-lanín-iba-argentina on 23/11/2024.