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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
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Northern Andean Flicker Colaptes cinereicapillus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Orange-banded Flycatcher Nephelomyias lintoni	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus	LC	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
-	Angashcola	Protected Forest	-
1987	Predios El Ingenio y Santa Rosa	Protected Forest	-
2002	Colambo-Yacuri	Protected Forest	-
2010	Yacuri	Parque Nacional	59
2010	Podocarpus-El Condor	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	59
2012	Sistema Lacustre Yacuri	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	38

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Elfin forest	major (>10)
Grassland	Paramo	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Freshwater marshes/swamps	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosque-protector-colambo-yacuri-iba-ecuador on 23/11/2024.