Yabebyry (Paraguay) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Yabebyry

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta	LC	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri	VU	resident	1998-2007	present	A1
Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	VU	breeding	1998-2007	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2011	not assessed	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Yabebyry	Refugio de Vida Silvestre - Publico	94

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical deciduous forest, Tropical semi-deciduous forest, Tropical semi-evergreen forest	65
Savanna	Savanna	17
Wetlands (inland)		12
Grassland	Campo grassland	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	1

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yabebyry (Paraguay). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yabebyry-iba-paraguay on 23/11/2024.