Serra de Bonito (Brazil) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Serra de Bonito

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Yellow-legged Tinamou Crypturellus noctivagus	NT	resident	2019-2021	min 30 individuals	B1a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2022. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2023	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	poor (40-69%)	moderate (70-90%)	very unfavourable

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Tropical semi-deciduous forest	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serra de Bonito (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serra-de-bonito-iba-brazil on 23/11/2024.