EC086
Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri


IBA Justification

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).


IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

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


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.