Santuario de la Naturaleza Rocas de Constitución (Chile)

Santuario de la Naturaleza Rocas de Constitución This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2019 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
Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus	NT	breeding	2015-2019	19-1,100 individuals	B1a
Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi	NT	resident	2015-2019	14-188 individuals	B1a
Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum	NT	resident	2015-2019	46-2,256 individuals	B1a
Inca Tern Larosterna inca	NT	resident	2015-2019	10-401 individuals	B1a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2019) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2019. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	favourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Rocas de Constitución	Santuario de la Naturaleza	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santuario de la Naturaleza Rocas de Constitución (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santuario-de-la-naturaleza-rocas-de-constitución-iba-chile on 23/11/2024.