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Parque Provincial Salto Encantado del Valle del Cuñá-Pirú y alrededores


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
Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Black-fronted Piping-guan Pipile jacutinga EN resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Helmeted Woodpecker Celeus galeatus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes sylviolus LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lactea LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Green-throated Euphonia Euphonia chalybea LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1
Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1991 Salto Encantado Valle Ao. Cuña Piru Parque Provincial (II) 71
1993 Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Parque Provincial (II) 69


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Provincial Salto Encantado del Valle del Cuñá-Pirú y alrededores (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-provincial-salto-encantado-del-valle-del-cuñá-pirú-y-alrededores-iba-argentina on 22/12/2024.