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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
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba	LC	resident	2008	250-4,600 individuals	A4i
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	LC	resident	2008	1,000-3,000 individuals	A4i
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis	NT	non-breeding	1994-2008	50-300 individuals	A1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis	VU	winter	2007-2008	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1, A4i
Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris	NT	resident	2006-2007	90 individuals	A1, A2
Black-and-white Monjita Xolmis dominicanus	VU	resident	2006-2008	90 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2006-2008	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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
-	Humedales del Este	Other Area	100
1976	Bañados del Este y Franja Costera	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1977	Lacustre	National Park	-
1977	Lagunas de José Ignacio, Garzón y Rocha	Area de Uso Múltiple	-
2010	Laguna de Rocha	Paisaje Protegido	100
2015	Laguna de Rocha	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	42

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

Name	Year formed
Sociedad de Amigos de la Laguna de Rocha	2003

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Campo grassland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rocha Lagoon (Uruguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rocha-lagoon-iba-uruguay on 23/11/2024.