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Sistema Uritorco


IBA Justification

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
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN passage 2001-2003 < 50 individuals A1
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT breeding 2001-2003 < 50 breeding pairs A1
Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus LC resident 2001-2003 present A2

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: Sistema Uritorco (Argentina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sistema-uritorco-iba-argentina on 23/11/2024.