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Agua de la Virgen


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Recurve-billed Bushbird Clytoctantes alixii EN resident 2005-2019 14 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1984 Santuario Agua de la Virgen Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 70
Artificial/Terrestrial Improved pasture land 30
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agua de la Virgen (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agua-de-la-virgen-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.