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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater Rhea Rhea americana	NT	resident	2001-2003	< 50 individuals	A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus	EN	resident	2007	1-5 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Ñancuñan	Reserva Ecológica y Forestal	100
1986	Ñacuñan	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	90

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

Name	Year formed
ECODES (Investigación sobre Ecología de Comunidades de Desierto)	1993

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva de Biosfera de Ñacuñan (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-de-biosfera-de-ñacuñan-iba-argentina on 22/11/2024.