Playa Punta Mogotes y Puerto de Mar del Plata (Argentina) | Details

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Playa Punta Mogotes y Puerto de Mar del Plata

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus	LC	passage (2001–2003)	50-249 birds	A1
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus	NT	winter (2001–2003)	350–2,176 birds	A1, A4i
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea	LC	winter (-)	1,000–4,000 birds	A4i

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Grupo Favero / Savigny	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Playa Punta Mogotes y Puerto de Mar del Plata (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/playa-punta-mogotes-y-puerto-de-mar-del-plata-iba-argentina on 04/12/2024.