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Atachi Bakka


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Marail Guan Penelope marail LC resident (-) present A3
Black Curassow Crax alector LC resident (-) present A3
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris LC resident (-) present A3
Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos LC resident (-) present A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra LC resident (-) present A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora LC resident (-) present A3
Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger LC resident (-) present A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica LC resident (-) present A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata LC resident (-) present A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus LC resident (-) present A3
Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis LC resident (-) present A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula LC resident (-) present A3
White-throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis LC resident (-) present A3
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola LC resident (-) present A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor LC resident (-) present A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris LC resident (-) present A3
Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus LC resident (-) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2007 Guyane (parc amazonien) [aire d'adhésion] Parc national, aire d'adhésion (V) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Atachi Bakka (French Guiana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/atachi-bakka-iba-french-guiana on 23/12/2024.