Key Biodiversity Areas

Lagunas Saladas - Riacho Yacaré (20400)
Paraguay, South America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSteganopus tricolorWilson's PhalaropeLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesHimantopus melanurusLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesCharadrius collarisCollared PloverLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesPhoenicopterus chilensisChilean FlamingoNT2007D1alink-icon
AvesCallonetta leucophrysRinged TealLC2007D1alink-icon
AvesCoscoroba coscorobaCoscoroba SwanLC2007D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesDrymornis bridgesiiScimitar-billed WoodcreeperLC2007link-icon
AvesCampephilus leucopogonCream-backed WoodpeckerLC2007link-icon
AvesOrtalis canicollisChaco ChachalacaLC2007link-icon
AvesSaltatricula multicolorMany-coloured Chaco-finchLC2007link-icon
AvesFurnarius cristatusCrested HorneroLC2007link-icon
AvesXiphocolaptes majorGreat Rufous WoodcreeperLC2007link-icon
AvesChunga burmeisteriBlack-legged SeriemaLC2007link-icon
AvesKnipolegus striaticepsCinereous TyrantLC2007link-icon
AvesPodilymbus podicepsPied-billed GrebeLC2007link-icon
AvesRhea americanaGreater RheaNT2007link-icon
AvesEudromia formosaQuebracho Crested TinamouLC2007link-icon
AvesCalidris subruficollisBuff-breasted SandpiperNT2007link-icon
AvesRhinocrypta lanceolataCrested GallitoLC2007link-icon
AvesNothoprocta cinerascensBrushland TinamouLC2007link-icon
AvesHylatomus schulziBlack-bodied WoodpeckerNT2007link-icon
AvesPoospiza melanoleucaBlack-capped Warbling-finchLC2007link-icon
AvesStrix chacoensisChaco OwlLC2007link-icon
AvesTarphonomus certhioidesChaco EarthcreeperLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lagunas Saladas - Riacho Yacaré. 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 14, 2025.