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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Varzea Piculet Picumnus varzeae	NT	resident	2007	present	A2
Klages's Antwren Myrmotherula klagesi	VU	resident	2007	90 individuals	A1, A2
Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri	LC	resident	-	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Nhamundá	State Park	1
1990	Área De Proteção Ambiental Nhamundá	Área de Proteção Ambiental	7
1997	Paracuhuba	Terra Indígena	<1
2002	Miguel/Josefa	Terra Indígena	<1
2002	Boa Vista - AM	Terra Indígena	<1
2003	Boa Vista - AM	Terra Indígena	<1
2004	Apipica	Terra Indígena	<1
2004	Patauá	Terra Indígena	<1
2004	Tracajá	Indigenous Area	-
2005	Paraná do Arauató	Terra Indígena	<1
2005	Rio Urubu	Terra Indígena	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, River-edge (river island) forest	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Várzeas do Médio Rio Amazonas (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/várzeas-do-médio-rio-amazonas-iba-brazil on 22/11/2024.