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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera |
VU |
resident (2003) |
rare |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni |
LC |
resident (2003) |
uncommon |
A2, A3 |
| Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida |
LC |
resident (2003) |
common |
A3 |
| Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui |
LC |
resident (2003) |
common |
A3 |
| Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A2 |
| Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
common |
A2, A3 |
| Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
common |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
uncommon |
A1 |
| Rose-faced Parrot Pyrilia pulchra |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
uncommon |
A2, A3 |
| Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys |
NT |
resident (2003) |
rare |
A2, A3 |
| Rufous-crowned Pittasoma Pittasoma rufopileatum |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2 |
| Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2 |
| Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis |
NT |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
uncommon |
A3 |
| Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens |
LC |
resident (2003) |
rare |
A2, A3 |
| Grey-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
rare |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus |
NT |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1 |
| Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris |
LC |
resident (2003) |
common |
A2, A3 |
| Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae |
LC |
resident (2003) |
rare |
A2, A3 |
| Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2 |
| Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
frequent |
A2, A3 |
