The site was identified as important in 2008 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 |
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Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi | LC | resident | 2001-2003 | 50-249 individuals | A1 |
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus | EN | resident | 2001-2003 | < 50 breeding pairs | A1 |
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii | NT | resident | 2001-2003 | 50-249 individuals | A1 |
Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata | EN | resident | 2001-2003 | < 50 individuals | A1 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierras de Guasayán (Argentina). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierras-de-guasayán-iba-argentina on 23/11/2024.