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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
Ashy Antwren Myrmotherula grisea	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Upland Antshrike Thamnophilus aroyae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Bolivian Recurvebill Syndactyla striata	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Yungas Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus spodiops	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Slaty Tanager Creurgops dentatus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Parque Nacional Pilón-Lajas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Tropical lowland evergreen forest; Flooded tropical evergreen forest
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Rivers; Streams

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yungas Inferiores de Pilón Lajas (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yungas-inferiores-de-pilón-lajas-iba-bolivia on 23/12/2024.