Salar de Piedra Parada (Chile) IBA | Details

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Salar de Piedra Parada

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2010 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
Puna Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi	NT	breeding (2008)	500 nests	A1, A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	good	low	very low
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
Wetlands (inland)	-	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	likely in short term (<4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salar de Piedra Parada (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salar-de-piedra-parada-iba-chile on 28/12/2024.