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Fila Costeña


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Great Curassow Crax rubra VU breeding 2006 50-100 individuals 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 individuals 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 individuals A1, A2
Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi VU breeding 2006 100-250 individuals A1, A2, A3
Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae NT breeding 2006 < 50 individuals 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Laguna del Paraguas Other Area -
- Laguna del Paraguas Other Area -
1992 Marino Ballena Parque Nacional 4
1994 Palustrino Lag. del Paraguas Humedal <1
1995 Rancho La Merced (mixto) Refugio de Vida Silvestre <1
1995 Finca Baru del Pacífico (mixto) Refugio de Vida Silvestre <1


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 22/11/2024.