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Bosques de la Falla del Tequendama


IBA Justification

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
Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis LC resident (2003) present A3
Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita LC resident (2003) present A3
Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris LC resident (2007–2008) < 50 birds A1, A2, A3
Black Inca Coeligena prunellei VU resident (2007) 250-999 birds A1, A2, A3
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens LC resident (2003) present A3
Lazuline Sabrewing Campylopterus falcatus LC resident (2003) present A3
Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus VU resident (2007) < 50 birds A1, A2, A3
Pale-bellied Tapaculo Scytalopus griseicollis LC resident (-) present A2, A3
Silvery-throated Spinetail Synallaxis subpudica LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus LC resident (2003) present A3
Agile Tit-tyrant Uromyias agilis LC resident (2003) present A3
Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant Silvicultrix diadema LC resident (2003) present A3
Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris LC resident (2003) present A3
Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa LC resident (2003) present A3
Andean Siskin Spinus spinescens LC resident (2003) present A3
Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha LC resident (2003) present A3
Moustached Brushfinch Atlapetes albofrenatus LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Yellow-fronted Whitestart Myioborus ornatus LC resident (2003) present A3
Black-chested Mountain-tanager Cnemathraupis eximia LC resident (2003) present A3
Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei LC resident (2003) present A3
Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina LC resident (2003) present A3
Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis hartlaubi NT resident (2008) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis LC resident (-) present A3
Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis LC resident (2003) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Sector Salto del Tequendama y Cerro Majuí Special Management Area (VI) 100
1994 Cuchilla de Penas Blancas y del Subia Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado (VI) 3
1999 Sector Salto del Tequendama y Cerro Manjui Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado (VI) 53
2002 Chicaque Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil (VI) 2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 67 Arable land; Forestry and agro-industrial plantations; Improved pasture land
Forest 33 Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Polylepis woodland; Second-growth or disturbed forest


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bosques de la Falla del Tequendama (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bosques-de-la-falla-del-tequendama-iba-colombia on 23/12/2024.