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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	present	A1, A2
Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Bicolored Antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2

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
1983	Sangay National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	9
1996	Llanganates	Parque Nacional	8
2002	Corredor Ecológico Llanganates-Sangay	-	100
2004	Sangay	Parque Nacional	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	71
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Urban parks and gardens, Improved pasture land	14
Grassland	Paramo	1
Shrubland	Second-growth or disturbed scrub, Semihumid/humid montane scrub	1
Wetlands (inland)	Streams, Rivers	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	71
agriculture	14
not utilised	13

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Corredor Ecológico Llanganates-Sangay (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/corredor-ecológico-llanganates-sangay-iba-ecuador on 22/11/2024.