Península Valdés, Punta León y Punta Loma


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2021 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
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus LC breeding (2003–2008) 147,796 pairs A4, B3a
Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus LC breeding (2002) 252 pairs B3a
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps LC breeding (2013–2016) 5,102–5,617 pairs B3a
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus LC breeding (2008) 9,857 pairs B3a
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea LC breeding (2004) 3,200 pairs A4
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (2012) 1,240 pairs B3a
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding (2012) 770 pairs B3a
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2002–2016) 168,217–168,732 pairs B3b


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Península Valdés, Punta León y Punta Loma (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/península-valdés-punta-león-y-punta-loma-iba-argentina on 23/12/2024.