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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Grey-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Abras de Mantequilla	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Rice paddies	minor (<10)
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical deciduous forest	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abras de Mantequilla (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abras-de-mantequilla-iba-ecuador on 23/11/2024.