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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Coordillera de Cutucú y Shaimi	Protected Forest	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Palm forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, River-edge (river island) forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves	minor (<10)
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.