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Hacienda Camarones


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus NT breeding (2003) abundant A1
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera VU breeding (2003) abundant A1
Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis VU resident (2003) rare A1
Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus LC resident (2003) uncommon A1
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis LC breeding (2003) uncommon A1
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys NT breeding (2003) common A1
Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis NT breeding (2003) common A1
Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus VU resident (2003) rare A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2004 Reserva Bosque Seco Lalo Loor Forest Reserve (-) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 50 Tropical lowland evergreen forest; Tropical deciduous forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest
Artificial/Terrestrial 45 Perennial crops, orchards, groves; Improved pasture land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal minor (<10)
Shrubland minor (<10) Second-growth or disturbed scrub
Wetlands (inland) minor (<10) Streams; Rivers

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 50
agriculture 40
not utilised 10


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hacienda Camarones (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hacienda-camarones-iba-ecuador on 23/12/2024.