Current view: Data table and detailed info
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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1988 |
Cashca-Totoras
|
Protected Forest (-) |
94 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
major (>10) |
Perennial crops, orchards, groves; Forestry and agro-industrial plantations |
| Forest |
major (>10) |
Elfin forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Polylepis woodland; Second-growth or disturbed forest |
| Grassland |
major (>10) |
Paramo |
| Shrubland |
minor (<10) |
Semihumid/humid montane scrub |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
major (>10) |
| rangeland/pastureland |
minor (<10) |
| nature conservation and research |
minor (<10) |
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 26/12/2024.
