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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
Bearded Guan Penelope barbata	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Grey-headed Antbird Ampelornis griseiceps	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Three-banded Warbler Basileuterus trifasciatus	LC	resident	2003	present	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
2011	Bosques Nublados de Udima	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	100
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
other	5
agriculture	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alto Valle del Saña (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alto-valle-del-saña-iba-peru on 22/11/2024.