AR092
Parque Provincial La Florida


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
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii NT resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana VU resident (2001–2003) 126 birds A1, A2, A3
White-browed Tapaculo Scytalopus superciliaris LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A2, A3
Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A2, A3
Creamy-breasted Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC breeding (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
White-tailed Shrike-tyrant Agriornis albicauda VU resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii VU resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Yellow-striped Brushfinch Atlapetes citrinellus LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Tucuman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Boulder Finch Idiopsar brachyurus LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Red-backed Sierra-finch Ephippiospingus dorsalis LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria LC resident (2001–2003) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1936 La Florida Parque Provincial (Ia) 100
2018 Aconquija Parque Nacional (II) 19


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Provincial La Florida (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-provincial-la-florida-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.