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Agua de la Virgen


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Recurve-billed Bushbird Clytoctantes alixii EN resident 2005-2019 14 individuals A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2022).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Santuario Agua de la Virgen Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil 50 is identical to site 50

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
Artificial/Terrestrial Improved pasture land -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agua de la Virgen. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agua-de-la-virgen-iba-colombia on 02/10/2023.