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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
Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-webbed Brilliant Heliodoxa branickii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Cloudforest Screech-owl Megascops marshalli	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Blue-chinned Barbet Eubucco glaucogularis	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Bay Antpitta Grallaria capitalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-backed Treehunter Thripadectes scrutator	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Inca Flycatcher Leptopogon taczanowskii	NT	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis albiventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Buff-throated Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Golden-browed Chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchella	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Bush-tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Olive Flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-scarfed Tanager Iridosornis reinhardti	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager Dubusia castaneoventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Drab Hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Yanesha	Reserva Comunal	34,745	protected area overlaps with site	0
Yanachaga - Chemillén	Parque Nacional	122,000	protected area overlaps with site	114,200
de San Matías - San Carlos	Bosque de Protección	145,818	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	-
Grassland	Campo grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cordillera Yanachaga. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/14852 on 28/05/2023.