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Cuenca Cotacajes


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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 birds 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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.