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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-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident (2003)	frequent	A1
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident (2003)	present	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1985	Moya y Molón	Protected Forest (-)	-
1985	Santa Bárbara y Shio	Protected Forest (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Elfin forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest
Grassland	minor (<10)	Paramo
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Semihumid/humid montane scrub

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

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