Key Biodiversity Areas

Reserva de Biosfera Albufera de Mar Chiquita (19357)
Argentina, South America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesHaematopus palliatusAmerican OystercatcherLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesCoscoroba coscorobaCoscoroba SwanLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesCygnus melancoryphusBlack-necked SwanLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesLimosa haemasticaHudsonian GodwitLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris fuscicollisWhite-rumped SandpiperLC2016D1alink-icon
AvesPorzana spilopteraDot-winged CrakeVU2016A1blink-icon
AvesRynchops nigerBlack SkimmerLC2016D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesThalasseus maximaRoyal TernLC2008link-icon
AvesXolmis dominicanusBlack-and-white MonjitaVU2008link-icon
AvesLarus atlanticusOlrog's GullVU2008link-icon
AvesPhoenicopterus chilensisChilean FlamingoNT2008link-icon
AvesRhea americanaGreater RheaNT2008link-icon
AvesCharadrius falklandicusTwo-banded PloverLC2008link-icon
AvesSpartonoica maluroidesBay-capped Wren-spinetailNT2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Reserva de Biosfera Albufera de Mar Chiquita. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.