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Sistema Uritorco


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus VU resident (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus EN passage (2001–2003) < 50 birds A1
Black-bodied Woodpecker Hylatomus schulzii NT breeding (2001–2003) < 50 pairs A1
Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus LC resident (2001–2003) present A2


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 23/12/2024.