Playa Laraquete (Chile) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Playa Laraquete

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	non-breeding	2014-2021	410 individuals	B3a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2021. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	favourable	low	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Playa Laraquete (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/playa-laraquete-iba-chile on 24/11/2024.