Salinas de Huentelauquén Ramsar Site (Chile) IBA | Details

Salinas de Huentelauquén Ramsar Site This is an IBA in Danger!

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis	LC	non-breeding (2013–2016)	250–315 individuals	A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very unfavourable	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the key species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis	315 / 15,750 (individuals)	2	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid deterioration (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	78	Campo grassland
Other	28
Wetlands (inland)	17	Rivers
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	9

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salinas de Huentelauquén Ramsar Site (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salinas-de-huentelauquén-ramsar-site-iba-chile on 23/01/2025.