Salinas de Huentelauquén Ramsar Site (Chile)

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

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis	LC	non-breeding	2013-2016	250-315 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

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

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2015	Las Salinas de Huentelauquén (LSH)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Campo grassland	78
Other		28
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers	17
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		9

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 23/11/2024.