Grasslands are their only home

Within the grasslands, a significant number of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) y Important Bird Areas (IBAs) that harbor a wealth of biodiversity. For example, thousands of species of vascular plants have been detected in the pampas and plains of the Southern Cone. The diversity of vertebrates is also high. For example, in these grasslands there are:

+ 540 species of birds + of 138 mammals + of 225 reptiles

 

LUnfortunately, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 130 species are under some degree of threat. Of the 109 bird species recorded, more than one-fifth are globally threatened to some degree.

 

Even more worrying is that less than 0.2 to 0.5% of these territories are protected by State Protected Areas. For this reason, it is vital to guarantee the long-term protection and recovery of grasslands through conservation and sustainable production plans. In this way, not only biodiversity is protected, but also its cultural and livestock legacy.

Resident and short-distance migratory birds

Strange-tailed tyrant

Alectrurus risora

      

Saffron-cowled Blackbird

Xanthopsar flavus

      

Marsh seedeater

Sporophila palustris

      

Chestnut seedeater

Sporophila cinnamomea

      

Greater rhea

Rhea americana

      

Bearded tachuri

Polystictus pectoralis

      

Grass wren

Cistothorus platensis

      

Long-distance migratory birds

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

      

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

      

Buff-breasted sandpiper

Pluvialis dominica

      

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

      

Pectoral sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

      

Upland sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

      

Mammals

Pampas deer

Ozotoceros bezoaricos

      

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

      

Southern long-nosed armadillo

Dasypus hybridus

      

Maned wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

      

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