Savanas do Rio Cotingo (Brazil) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Savanas do Rio Cotingo

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis	EN	resident	2007	30 individuals	A1
Hoary-throated Spinetail Synallaxis kollari	EN	resident	2002	present	A1, A2
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis	NT	resident	2007	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2024) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2024	unfavourable	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Raposa Serra do Sol	Terra Indígena	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Campo grassland	major (>10)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Savanas do Rio Cotingo (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/savanas-do-rio-cotingo-iba-brazil on 22/11/2024.