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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-breasted Hillstar Oreotrochilus melanogaster	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus	CR	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Rusty-crowned Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura pileata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Junin Canastero Asthenes virgata	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Canyon Canastero Asthenes pudibunda	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Rusty-bellied Brushfinch Atlapetes nationi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Puna	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marcapomacocha (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marcapomacocha-iba-peru on 22/11/2024.