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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
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus	NT	resident	2003	common	A2
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera	VU	resident	2003	present	A2
Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ecuadorian Piculet Picumnus sclateri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis	LC	resident	2003	uncommon	A2
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis	NT	resident	2003	frequent	A1, A2
Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Grey-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus	LC	breeding	2003	frequent	A1, A2
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus	LC	resident	2003	present	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
1988	Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical deciduous forest	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estación-científica-pedro-franco-dávila-iba-ecuador on 23/11/2024.