BirdLife Data Zone

EC064

Yanuncay-Yanasacha

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami	NT	resident	2003	present	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA
Yanuncay - Irquis	Protected Forest	33,410	protected area contained by site
Sunsun - Yanasacha	Protected Forest	3,850	protected area contained by site
Quimsacocha	Área Nacional de Recreación	3,217	protected area contained by site
Macizo del Cajas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	44,156	protected area overlaps with site
Cajas	Parque Nacional	29,389	protected area is adjacent to site

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Paramo	-
Forest	Elfin forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	-
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Improved pasture land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yanuncay-Yanasacha. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/14603 on 03/06/2023.