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Sierra Baguales

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2010 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident (2005–2007)	45–60 individuals	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	near favourable	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the key species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	-	moderate (70–90%)	near favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Baguales (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-baguales-iba-chile on 10/01/2025.