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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding	2006	50-249 individuals	A1
Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii	NT	breeding	2006	250-999 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Fiery-billed Araçari Pteroglossus frantzii	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex	LC	unknown	2006	unknown	A3
Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi	VU	resident	2006	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae	NT	resident	2006	1-10 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum	LC	unknown	2006	unknown	A3
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	NT	winter	2006	50-249 individuals	A1
Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	winter	2006	1,000-2,499 individuals	A1
White-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio leucothorax	NT	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Ramphocelus costaricensis	NR	resident	2006	unknown	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	-	-	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Chorogo-Palo Blanco (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-chorogo-palo-blanco-iba-panama on 22/11/2024.