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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
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Angashcola	Protected Forest (-)	-
1987	Predios El Ingenio y Santa Rosa	Protected Forest (-)	-
2002	Colambo-Yacuri	Protected Forest (-)	-
2010	Podocarpus-El Condor	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	59

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

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 23/12/2024.