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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Marail Guan Penelope marail	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Arrowhead Piculet Picumnus minutissimus	LC	resident	-	present	A2, A3
Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus	LC	resident	-	present	A2, A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi	LC	resident	-	present	A3

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

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Streams	-
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Mangrove, River-edge (river island) forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Palm forest	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

Owned by the state, indigenous people from Apura and Washabo have traditional rights for hunting and fishing.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: North-West Suriname. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.