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Gravilleras del Valle del Río Siecha


IBA Justification

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
Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus VU resident - < 50 individuals A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1967 Embalse de Tominé Area de manejo de embalse 53

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Improved pasture land 56
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine Other artificial wetlands 38
Forest Second-growth or disturbed forest 6
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
water management 50
agriculture 40
urban/industrial/transport 5
not utilised 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gravilleras del Valle del Río Siecha (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gravilleras-del-valle-del-río-siecha-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.