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 |
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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 |
Year | Protected Area | Designation (management category) | % coverage of IBA |
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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.