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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis	NT	resident	2008-2014	50-249 individuals	A1
Cinnamon Screech-owl Megascops petersoni	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident	2008-2014	50-249 individuals	A1
Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus	LC	resident	2008-2014	present	A2
Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea	VU	resident	2008-2010	< 50 individuals	A1, A2
Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii	LC	resident	-	present	A1
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni	NT	resident	2008-2010	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident	2008-2014	min 40 individuals	A1, A2
White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni	LC	resident	2008-2014	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Polylepis woodland, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	51
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Improved pasture land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves	41
Grassland	Paramo	7
Wetlands (inland)		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manteles - El Triunfo - Sucre (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manteles--el-triunfo--sucre-iba-ecuador on 22/11/2024.