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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Tolima Dove Leptotila conoveri	NT	resident	2006-2008	1 individuals	A1, A2
Tolima Blossomcrown Anthocephala berlepschi	VU	resident	2006-2008	30 individuals	A1, A2
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2006-2008	30	A1
Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla	VU	resident	2006-2008	90 individuals	A1, A2
Yellow-headed Brushfinch Atlapetes flaviceps	NT	resident	2006-2008	1 individuals	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2011	El Palmar y la Secreta	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales	2
2011	El Humedal y la Santisima Trinidad	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales	1
2011	La Estrella la Cabana Dulima	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales	1
2011	La Suiza	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales	<1
2011	Las Mirlas	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales	<1
2016	De Los Cerros del Norte de Ibague	Distritos de Conservacion de Suelos	4
2017	La Rivera	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Urban and industrial areas, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Improved pasture land	84
Forest	Polylepis woodland, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	16

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	55
nature conservation and research	40
forestry	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cañón del Río Combeima (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cañón-del-río-combeima-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.