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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	NT	resident	2003	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1943	Rio Bobo y Buesaquillo	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	1
1971	Laguna La Cocha Cerro Patascoy	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	73
1977	Isla de la Corota	Santuario de Fauna y Flora	<1
2001	Laguna de la Cocha	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	71
2014	Miraflores	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2014	Las Margaritas	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	-
2014	San Gabriel	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2014	El Laurel	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	-
2015	Miraflorez	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Scrub, Semihumid/humid montane scrub	41
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved pasture land	40
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Polylepis woodland, Second-growth or disturbed forest	9
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes/swamps	8
Grassland	Second-growth or grazed grasslands	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laguna de la Cocha (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laguna-de-la-cocha-iba-colombia on 23/11/2024.