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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
Black-breasted Hillstar Oreotrochilus melanogaster	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rusty-crowned Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura pileata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Junin Canastero Asthenes virgata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Canyon Canastero Asthenes pudibunda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Rusty-bellied Brush-finch Atlapetes nationi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Puna	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marcapomacocha. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marcapomacocha-iba-peru on 05/12/2023.