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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
Marail Guan Penelope marail	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Hylexetastes perrotii	NR	resident (-)	present	A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Tiny Tyrant-manakin Tyranneutes virescens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi	LC	resident (-)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1986	Boven-Coesewijne	Nature Reserve (IV)	97

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Savanna	40	Cerrado; Savanna
Forest	35	Flooded tropical evergreen forest; Pine forests; Tropical lowland evergreen forest; White sand forest
Wetlands (inland)	25	Bogs; Freshwater marshes/swamps; Rivers; Streams

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

The Boven Coesewijne area is state property. The following land right have been granted in this area. There is a long term herditary lease granted to the local village Bigi Poika and the Foundation for experimental agriculture. Further more land is placed at disposal of several Government departments,land is leased for agriculture, animal husbandry and recreation and there are mining, timber and fishing concessions.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR) (Suriname). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boven-coesewijne-nature-reserve-(bcnr)-iba-suriname on 23/12/2024.