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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Bearded Guan Penelope barbata	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Northern Andean Flicker Colaptes cinereicapillus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Orange-banded Flycatcher Nephelomyias lintoni	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus	LC	resident	2003	present	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Yacuri	Parque Nacional	43,091	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sistema Lacustre Yacuri	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	27,762	protected area contained by site	27,762
Predios El Ingenio y Santa Rosa	Protected Forest	12,410	unknown	0
Podocarpus-El Condor	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	228,465	protected area overlaps with site	0
Colambo-Yacuri	Protected Forest	73,300	unknown	0
Angashcola	Protected Forest	0	unknown	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Elfin forest	-
Grassland	Paramo	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosque-protector-colambo-yacuri-iba-ecuador on 04/10/2023.