Yungas Inferiores de Carrasco (Bolivia)

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Yungas Inferiores de Carrasco

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis	CR	resident	2007	1,000-2,499 individuals	A1, A2
Military Macaw Ara militaris	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Ashy Antwren Myrmotherula grisea	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Bolivian Recurvebill Syndactyla striata	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis	VU	resident	2003	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	very unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Cavernas del Repechón	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	<1
1988	Carrasco	Parque Nacional	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Palm forest, Polylepis woodland, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground	minor (<10)
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Streams	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yungas Inferiores de Carrasco (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yungas-inferiores-de-carrasco-iba-bolivia on 22/11/2024.