El Encanto de Guanapalo (Colombia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

El Encanto de Guanapalo

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	LC	breeding	2020-2021	30-45 adults	B1a
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata	NT	breeding	2020-2021	100-300 adults	A4, B1a
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber	LC	resident	2020-2021	1,000-1,500 adults	A4
Agami Heron Agamia agami	NT	resident	2020-2021	30 individuals	A1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis	VU	passage	2020-2021	200-500 individuals	B1a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2022. The most recent assessment (2021) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2021	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2019	Montana	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	-
2019	Mata de palma	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	-
2019	Altamira	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Savanna	Savanna	80
Forest	Gallery (or Riparian) forest	15
Wetlands (inland)	Streams, Rivers, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Artificial wetlands	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	75
tourism/recreation	20
nature conservation and research	5

Land ownership

Cada uno de los tres hatos es de propiedad de un miembro de la familia Zambrano.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Encanto de Guanapalo (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-encanto-de-guanapalo-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.