Serra do Teimoso (Brazil) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Serra do Teimoso

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Golden-capped Parakeet Aratinga auricapillus	LC	resident	-	30 individuals	A1
Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana	NT	resident	-	30 individuals	A1
Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus	VU	resident	-	30 individuals	A1
Striated Softtail Thripophaga macroura	VU	resident	-	30 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

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

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
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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 plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serra do Teimoso (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serra-do-teimoso-iba-brazil on 22/11/2024.