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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	breeding (2006)	50–100 birds	A1
Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii	NT	breeding (2006)	50-249 birds	A1, A2, A3
Fiery-billed Araçari Pteroglossus frantzii	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2
Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	VU	breeding (2006)	50–100 birds	A1, A2
Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi	VU	breeding (2006)	100–250 birds	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae	NT	breeding (2006)	< 50 birds	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans	LC	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3
White-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio leucothorax	NT	breeding (2006)	unknown	A3
Ramphocelus costaricensis	NR	breeding (2006)	unknown	A2, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Laguna del Paraguas	Other Area (-)	-
-	Laguna del Paraguas	Other Area (-)	-
1992	Marino Ballena	Parque Nacional (II)	4
1995	Rancho La Merced (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV)	<1
1995	Finca Baru del Pacífico (mixto)	Refugio de Vida Silvestre (IV)	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fila Costeña (Costa Rica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fila-costeña-iba-costa-rica on 23/12/2024.