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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
Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-webbed Brilliant Heliodoxa branickii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Cloud-forest Screech-owl Megascops marshalli	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Blue-chinned Barbet Eubucco glaucogularis	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Bay Antpitta Grallaria capitalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor	NT	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-backed Treehunter Thripadectes scrutator	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Inca Flycatcher Leptopogon taczanowskii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis albiventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Buff-throated Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Golden-browed Chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchella	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Bush-tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Olive Flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-scarfed Tanager Iridosornis reinhardti	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager Dubusia castaneoventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Drab Hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

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
1986	Yanachaga - Chemillén	Parque Nacional	94
1988	Yanesha	Reserva Comunal	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	major (>10)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	minor (<10)
Grassland	Campo grassland	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
forestry	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cordillera Yanachaga (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cordillera-yanachaga-iba-peru on 22/11/2024.