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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi	LC	resident (2008)	30 birds	A1
Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons	VU	resident (2008)	30 birds	A1, A2
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior	LC	resident (-)	common	A2
Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni	LC	resident (-)	common	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Los Nevados	Parque Nacional Natural (II)	16
2011	Vallelargo	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales (VI)	7
2011	La Cima I Cima II y Altamira Maupaz	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Regionales (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	46	Polylepis woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	34	Arable land; Improved pasture land
Shrubland	20	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	40
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagunas Bombona y Vancouver (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagunas-bombona-y-vancouver-iba-colombia on 23/12/2024.