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Península Mitre


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
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps LC breeding (2001–2003) present A3
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome VU winter (2001–2003) 100,000-499,999 birds A1, A4ii
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus LC winter (2001–2003) 2,500-9,999 birds A1
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps LC breeding (1999) 1,000-2,499 pairs A4i
Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis NT passage (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A3
Black Cinclodes Cinclodes maculirostris NT resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a winter (2001–2003) 100,000-499,999 birds A4iii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Península Mitre (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/península-mitre-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.