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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2003	25-30 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Cashca-Totoras	Protected Forest	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	major (>10)
Forest	Elfin forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Polylepis woodland, Second-growth or disturbed forest	major (>10)
Grassland	Paramo	major (>10)
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cashca Totoras Protected Forest (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cashca-totoras-protected-forest-iba-ecuador on 23/11/2024.