AR030
Santa Victoria, Cañani y Cayotal


IBA Justification

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
Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A2, A3
Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi LC resident 2001-2003 250-999 individuals A1, A2, A3
Wedge-tailed Hillstar Oreotrochilus adela LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1, A2, A3
Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A2, A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana VU breeding 2001-2003 1,000-2,499 individuals A1, A2, A3
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula LC resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals 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 individuals A1, A3
Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps LC resident 2001-2003 present A3
Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura LC resident 2001-2003 250-999 individuals A1, A2, A3
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera LC breeding 2001-2003 < 50 individuals 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 individuals 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 individuals 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 individuals A1, A2, A3
Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami NT resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Citron-headed Yellow-finch Sicalis luteocephala LC resident 2001-2003 present A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2002 Las Yungas UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 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 23/11/2024.