Várzeas da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba (Brazil) IBA | Details

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Várzeas da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2024 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
Marsh Tapaculo Scytalopus iraiensis	VU	resident (2024)	min 30 birds	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2024. The most recent assessment (2024) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2024	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	very poor (<40%)	very poor (<40%)	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Várzeas da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/várzeas-da-região-metropolitana-de-curitiba-iba-brazil on 25/12/2024.