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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Ecuadorian Ground-dove Columbina buckleyi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Grey-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Abras de Mantequilla	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	22,500	is identical to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical deciduous forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Rice paddies	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Abras de Mantequilla. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.