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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding	2000-2006	< 50 individuals	A1
Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Lesser Ground-cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Pacific Screech-owl Megascops cooperi	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
White-throated Magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus	LC	resident	2000-2006	unknown	A3
Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	LC	winter	2000-2006	50-249 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Chocoyero El Brujo	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	3
1993	Chocoyero-El Brujo	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical semi-deciduous, Second-growth & disturbed	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chocoyero - El Brujo - Montibelli and adjacent landscape (Nicaragua). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chocoyero--el-brujo--montibelli-and-adjacent-landscape-iba-nicaragua on 23/11/2024.