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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
Stripe-faced Wood-quail Odontophorus balliviani	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bolivian Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Hooded Mountain-toucan Andigena cucullata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Andean Parakeet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-throated Thistletail Asthenes harterti	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Light-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca albiceps	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Bolivian Spinetail Cranioleuca henricae	VU	resident	2005-2007	13-103 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Buff-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus hellmayri	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Bush-tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager Dubusia castaneoventris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Orange-browed Hemispingus Kleinothraupis calophrys	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, 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
1962	Tunari	Parque Nacional	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical deciduous forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Polylepis woodland	major (>10)
Grassland	Puna	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Streams	minor (<10)
Introduced vegetation		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Arid montane scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cuenca Cotacajes (Bolivia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cuenca-cotacajes-iba-bolivia on 22/11/2024.