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Parque Provincial Copahue-Caviahue


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 passage (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus 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
Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris LC resident (2001–2003) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1962 Copahue Caviahue Parque Provincial (II) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Provincial Copahue-Caviahue (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-provincial-copahue-caviahue-iba-argentina on 22/12/2024.