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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis	VU	resident (2003)	present	A1
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	Bosque Protector Cerro Pata de Pájaro	Protected Forest (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	59	Improved pasture land; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards, groves
Forest	39	Palm forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest; Tropical lowland evergreen forest
Wetlands (inland)	2	Rivers; Streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	63
nature conservation and research	37

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosque Protector Cerro Pata de Pájaro (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosque-protector-cerro-pata-de-pájaro-iba-ecuador on 26/12/2024.