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Parque Nacional Los Alerces y Laguna Terraplén


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
Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis NT breeding (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A3
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii LC breeding (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A2, A3
Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula LC breeding (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A2, A3
Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina LC resident (2001–2003) present 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1937 Los Alerces Parque Nacional (II) 73
1937 Los Alerces Reserva Nacional (VI) 27
2007 Andino Norpatagónica UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 100
2017 Los Alerces National Park World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (II) 72


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Los Alerces y Laguna Terraplén (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-los-alerces-y-laguna-terraplén-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.