Aves en peligro de las pampas.

DI GIACOMO, ADRIÁN S.; KRAPOVICKAS, SANTIAGO F.; CASAÑAS, HERNAN E.; MAZAR BARNETT, JUAN

Puyehue, Chile

Congreso; VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress; 2003

Neotropical Ornithology Society

Birdlife International developed a methodology to identify priority areas for bird conservation based on the available knowledge of national avifaunas, the "Important Bird Areas" (IBAS) programe. It was initiated in Argentina in the year 2000, and has so far identified more than 200 IBAs in several biomes, that comply with the global criteria for the designation of IBAs. This information was compiled through a collaborative network, where about 120 experienced ornithologist were consulted. As a result it is being possible to map and prioritise these sites according to their otnithological importance and level of threat. The multi-layer qualities of the IBA database (WBDB and GIS) allowed us to focus on different aspects of the situation of bird species, such as habitats, distribution, population, threats. We used these tools to produce more detailed analyses of globally threatened species resulting in better proposals for their conservation at the national level. We think thet, opposed to the more widdespread approach where a red list gives way to analyses such as these of the IBA program, these analyses can help produce a very comprehensive review of the conservation status of birds. The following steps will include extending these analyses for the remaining threatened species and rounds of consultation with experts, focusing on species status, knowledge gaps, and species deserving a reconsideration of their status. We propose that this methodology can be applied in other countries where the IBA Program is being developed, and where a national Red Data Book is not in existence. The possibility of edditing a national Red Data Book from the consensus of a previous IBAs experience would assure a more solid approach to the species conservation.