AR030
Santa Victoria, Cañani y Cayotal


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi LC resident (2001–2003) 250-999 birds A1, A2, A3
Wedge-tailed Hillstar Oreotrochilus adela LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A2, A3
Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana VU breeding (2001–2003) 1,000-2,499 birds A1, A2, A3
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2, A3
Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri LC resident (2001–2003) present A2, A3
Rock Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus andaecola LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Tawny Tit-spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A3
Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura LC resident (2001–2003) 250-999 birds A1, A2, A3
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC breeding (2001–2003) < 50 birds A2
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schulzii VU resident (2001–2003) 250-999 birds A1, A2, A3
Brown-backed Mockingbird Mimus dorsalis LC resident (2001–2003) present A3
Rufous-bellied Mountain-tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris LC resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1, A2, A3
Bolivian Warbling-finch Poospiza boliviana LC resident (2001–2003) present A2, A3
Tucuman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri LC resident (2001–2003) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami NT resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Citron-headed Yellow-finch Sicalis luteocephala LC resident (2001–2003) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2002 Las Yungas UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 85


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santa Victoria, Cañani y Cayotal (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santa-victoria-cañani-y-cayotal-iba-argentina on 27/12/2024.