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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Cauca Guan Penelope perspicax	VU	resident	2006	144-264 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	NT	resident	2003	common	A1
Chestnut Wood-quail Odontophorus hyperythrus	LC	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Green-bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon guerinii	LC	resident	2003	common	A2, A3
Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi	NT	resident	2003	common	A1, A3
Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis	NT	resident	2003	common	A3
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori	EN	resident	2003	present	A1
Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	NT	resident	2003	common	A1
Black-billed Mountain-toucan Andigena nigrirostris	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis	LC	resident	2003	common	A2
Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons	VU	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2003	common	A1
Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Parker's Antbird Cercomacroides parkeri	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni	VU	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea	LC	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri	VU	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior	LC	resident	2003	common	A2, A3
Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla	VU	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis	LC	resident	2003	common	A2, A3
Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Quindio Jay Cyanolyca quindiuna	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Andean Siskin Spinus spinescens	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Pale-naped Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidinucha	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster	VU	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Golden-fronted Whitestart Myioborus chrysops	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Crested Ant-tanager Habia cristata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima	NT	resident	2003	common	A1, A2, A3
Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus	LC	resident	2003	common	A1
Stolzmann's Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni	LC	resident	2003	common	A2, A3
Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ucumari	Parques Naturales Regionales	3,986	protected area contained by site	0
Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún Quimbaya	Santuario de Flora y Fauna	0	protected area contains site	0
Parque Regional Ucumarí	Parque Natural Regional	0	protected area contains site	0
Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados	Natural National Park	0	protected area contains site	0
Parque Municipal Natural Campoalegre	Parques ecológicos Distritales	0	protected area contains site	0
Otun Quimbaya	Santuario de Fauna y Flora	489	protected area overlaps with site	0
Los Nevados	Parque Nacional Natural	38,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
De la Cuenca Alta del Rio Quindio de Salento	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado	32,722	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Campoalegre	Distritos de Conservacion de Suelos	21,132	protected area overlaps with site	0
Barbas Bremen	Distritos de Conservacion de Suelos	4,316	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Polylepis woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Improved pasture land	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosques-del-oriente-de-risaralda-iba-colombia on 26/09/2023.