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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
Chestnut Wood-quail Odontophorus hyperythrus	LC	resident	2003	common	A1
Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Fulvous-dotted Treerunner Margarornis stellatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla	VU	resident	-	common	A1, A2
Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Crested Ant-tanager Habia cristata	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephalus	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima	NT	resident	-	common	A1, A2

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
1938	Cuenca Alta del Rio Cali	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	<1
1941	Rio Melendez	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	<1
1943	Rio Anchicaya	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	31
1968	Farallones de Cali	Parque Nacional Natural	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Polylepis woodland, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	93
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved pasture land, Arable land	3
Shrubland	Scrub	3
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Other artificial wetlands	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	95

Actualmente en el Parque habita un grupo de indígenas Cholos del grupo Chocó (Emberás), que ocupa las partes bajas de los ríos que desembocan en el Pacífico.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Farallones de Cali Natural National Park (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/farallones-de-cali-natural-national-park-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.