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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
Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Hooded Mountain-toucan Andigena cucullata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Black-throated Thistletail Asthenes harterti	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Light-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca albiceps	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant Anairetes alpinus	EN	resident	2000	4 individuals	A1, A2
Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Orange-browed Hemispingus Kleinothraupis calophrys	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami	NT	resident	2003	present	A1

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
1993	Cotapata	Integrated Management Natural Area	100
1993	Cotapata	Parque Nacional y Area Natural de Manejo Integrado	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Puna	major (>10)
Forest	Polylepis woodland	minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Scree & boulders	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosque de Polylepis de Sanja Pampa (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosque-de-polylepis-de-sanja-pampa-iba-bolivia on 22/11/2024.