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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
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola	LC	resident (2003)	common	A2
Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni	VU	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1
Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris	LC	resident (2003)	common	A2
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1
Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops	EN	resident (2003)	uncommon	A2
Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons	LC	resident (2003)	rare	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Dudas-Mazar-Púlpito-Juval	Protected Forest (-)	-
-	Mazar	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest
Grassland	major (>10)	Paramo; Second-growth or grazed grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosque Protector Dudas-Mazar (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosque-protector-dudas-mazar-iba-ecuador on 23/12/2024.