The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
250-999 unknown |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Great Curassow Crax rubra |
VU |
breeding (2006) |
50–100 birds |
A1 |
| Black-breasted Wood-quail Odontophorus leucolaemus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Chiriquí Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| White-bellied Mountain-gem Lampornis hemileucus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Grey-tailed Mountain-gem Lampornis cinereicauda |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno |
NT |
breeding (2006) |
200–500 birds |
A1 |
| Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii |
NT |
winter (2006) |
50-249 birds |
A1, A3 |
| Collared Trogon Trogon collaris |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Fiery-billed Araçari Pteroglossus frantzii |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis 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 |
| Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis |
NT |
breeding (2006) |
50-249 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A3 |
| Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus |
VU |
breeding (2006) |
100–250 birds |
A1, A2 |
| Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi |
VU |
breeding (2006) |
100–250 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae |
NT |
breeding (2006) |
< 50 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius |
LC |
resident (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys caudatus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys |
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 |
| Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
| Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii |
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 |
| Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
