Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2022 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 |
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum |
LC |
resident |
2019-2021 |
30-40 adults |
B1a |
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata |
NT |
resident |
2018-2021 |
4,000-8,000 individuals |
A4, B1a, B3a |
Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus |
LC |
resident |
2018-2022 |
2,000-4,000 individuals |
B3a |
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber |
LC |
resident |
2018-2022 |
3,000-4,500 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Agami Heron Agamia agami |
NT |
resident |
2018-2021 |
30 individuals |
A1 |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis |
VU |
passage |
2018-2021 |
500 individuals |
B1a |
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex |
LC |
resident |
2018-2022 |
150-400 individuals |
B3a |
Southern Festive Amazon Amazona festiva |
LC |
resident |
2018-2021 |
60-100 adults |
B1a |
Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus |
LC |
resident |
2018-2022 |
30 individuals |
B1a |
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis |
NT |
resident |
2018-2021 |
30-35 individuals |
B1a |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
- |
2018-2021 |
10,000-30,000 individuals |
B3b |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2022. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2020 |
favourable |
high |
medium |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
no |
habitat |
good |
|
Habitat1 |
Habitat detail |
% of IBA |
Savanna |
Savanna |
major (>10) |
Wetlands (inland) |
Freshwater lakes and pools, Streams |
major (>10) |
Forest |
Gallery (or Riparian) forest, Palm forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest |
minor (<10) |
1.
IUCN Habitat classification.
Land use |
% of IBA |
rangeland/pastureland |
74 |
nature conservation and research |
26 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reservas de la vereda Altagracia (Colombia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reservas-de-la-vereda-altagracia-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.