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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:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1, A2
Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1, A2
Cinnamon Screech-owl Megascops petersoni	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Spot-winged Parrotlet Touit stictopterus	NT	resident (2003)	frequent	A1
White-necked Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus	VU	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1, A2
Military Macaw Ara militaris	VU	resident (2003)	rare	A1
Peruvian Antpitta Grallaricula peruviana	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Equatorial Greytail Xenerpestes singularis	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1, A2
Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A2
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A2
Buff-throated Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis	LC	resident (2003)	uncommon	A1
Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus	LC	resident (2003)	rare	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Coordillera de Cutucú y Shaimi	Protected Forest (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Palm forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest; Tropical lowland evergreen forest; River-edge (river island) forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)	Perennial crops, orchards, groves
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Semihumid/humid montane scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
not utilised	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cordillera de Kutukú (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cordillera-de-kutukú-iba-ecuador on 23/12/2024.