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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	NT	resident	2007	present	A3
Tepui Swift Streptoprocne phelpsi	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Tepui Goldenthroat Polytmus milleri	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Cerise-crowned Jacamar Galbula chalcocephala	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Fiery-shouldered Parakeet Pyrrhura egregia	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Antwren Myrmotherula ambigua	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus	NT	resident	2007	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Caura Antbird Myrmelastes caurensis	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
McConnell's Spinetail Synallaxis macconnelli	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Olive Manakin Xenopipo uniformis	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Orange-bellied Manakin Lepidothrix suavissima	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Olive-green Tyrannulet Phylloscartes virescens	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Black-fronted Tyrannulet Phylloscartes nigrifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Chapman's Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Tepui Vireo Vireo sclateri	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Azure-naped Jay Cyanocorax heilprini	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Tepui Wren Troglodytes rufulus	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3
Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea	LC	resident	2007	present	A3
White-naped Seedeater Sporophila fringilloides	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae	LC	resident	2007	present	A2, A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Yanomami	Terra Indígena	9,664,975	protected area overlaps with site	0
Rio Téa	Terra Indígena	411,865	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Reserva Biológica Morro Dos Seis Lagos	Reserva Biológica	38,288	protected area contained by site	36,900
Parque Nacional Do Pico Da Neblina	Parque	2,252,617	protected area contained by site	2,200,000
Parque Estadual Serra Do Aracá	Parque	1,872,750	protected area contained by site	1,818,700
Médio Rio Negro II	Terra Indígena	316,195	protected area overlaps with site	0
Médio Rio Negro I	Terra Indígena	1,776,139	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Floresta Nacional Do Amazonas	Floresta	1,944,230	protected area overlaps with site	1,280,385
Balaio	Terra Indígena	257,281	protected area overlaps with site	0
Área De Proteção Ambiental Tapuruquara	Área de Proteção Ambiental	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, White sand forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	-
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tepuis do Amazonas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tepuis-do-amazonas-iba-brazil on 03/12/2023.