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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis	NT	resident	2008-2014	50-249 individuals	A1
Cinnamon Screech-owl Megascops petersoni	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	NT	resident	2008-2014	50-249 individuals	A1
Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus	LC	resident	2008-2014	present	A2
Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea	VU	resident	2008-2010	< 50 individuals	A1, A2
Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni	NT	resident	2008-2010	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident	2008-2014	min 40 individuals	A1, A2
White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Stolzmann's Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni	LC	resident	2008-2014	present	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Llanganates	Parque Nacional	219,919	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Polylepis woodland, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	-
Grassland	Paramo	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Improved pasture land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves	-
Wetlands (inland)		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manteles - El Triunfo - Sucre. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manteles--el-triunfo--sucre-iba-ecuador on 24/09/2023.