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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii	NT	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Apurimac Starfrontlet Coeligena albicaudata	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Stripe-headed Antpitta Grallaria andicolus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Tawny Tit-spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
White-browed Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Junin Canastero Asthenes virgata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Puna Thistletail Asthenes helleri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rusty-fronted Canastero Asthenes ottonis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant Anairetes alpinus	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-webbed Bush-tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager Dubusia castaneoventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Parodi's Hemispingus Kleinothraupis parodii	NT	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch Poospizopsis caesar	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Sierra-finch Phrygilus punensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Glacier Finch Chionodacryon speculiferum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Abra Málaga	Private Conservation Area	3
2009	Abra Málaga Thastayoc - Royal Cinclodes	Área de Conservación Privada	<1
2010	Choquechaca	Área de Conservación Privada	6
2011	Qosqoccahuarina	Área de Conservación Privada	4
2016	Santuario de La Verónica	Área de Conservación Privada	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Polylepis woodland, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	-
Grassland	Puna	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abra Málaga-Vilcanota (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abra-málaga-vilcanota-iba-peru on 23/11/2024.