Data Zone
| Country/Territory | Colombia,Venezuela |
| Area | 85,000 km2 |
| Altitude | 1000 - 4000m |
| Priority | critical |
| Habitat loss | major |
| Knowledge | good |
The East Andes run almost the length of Colombia, taking in the Sierra de Perij
Restricted-range speciesThe restricted-range birds occupy the full range of habitat-types from the upper tropical to temperate and p
The forests and marshlands of the Colombian East Andes have been subjected to extensive degradation (Forero 1989, Collar et al. 1992), with progressive deforestation on the lower slopes, i.e. the lower montane humid forest (Wege and Long 1995). On the western slopes, the humid subtropical and temperate (primarily oak) forest at 1,500-2,500 m has been largely cleared for intensive crop cultivation and pastureland, although important fragments do still remain (see below). Even the dense, dry Acacia scrub that was the dominant vegetation along the Fonce river in the upper tropical zone on the western slope has been lost to widespread agriculture such as coffee plantations, pasture and arable. On the eastern side, the forest that once surrounded Laguna de Tota (at c.3,000
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Endemic Bird Areas factsheet: Colombian East Andes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/02/2019.
