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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
Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A2
Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Choco Vireo Vireo masteri	NT	resident	2008	1 individuals	A1, A2
Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra	NT	resident	2008	90 individuals	A1, A2
Dusky Chlorospingus Chlorospingus semifuscus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephalus	NT	resident	2008	90 individuals	A1, A2
Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A2
Gold-ringed Tanager Bangsia aureocincta	VU	resident	2008	1 individuals	A1, A2
Black-and-gold Tanager Bangsia melanochlamys	VU	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A2

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
1997	Área de Manejo Especial de Comunidades indígenas	Special Management Area	100
2011	Cuchilla Del San Juan	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alto de Pisones (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alto-de-pisones-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.