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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 Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Roraiman Nightjar Setopagis whitelyi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Tepui Swift Streptoprocne phelpsi	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Fiery-shouldered Parakeet Pyrrhura egregia	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-fronted Tyrannulet Phylloscartes nigrifrons	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chapman's Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Tepui Vireo Vireo sclateri	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Tepui Brushfinch Atlapetes personatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Guaiquinima Whitestart Myioborus cardonai	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1968	La Paragua	Forest Reserve	80
1974	Sur del Estado Bolívar	Protective Zone	19
1991	Formaciones de Tepuyes	Natural Monument	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)		-
Forest	Elfin forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Streams, Rivers	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monumento Natural Tepui Guaiquinima (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monumento-natural-tepui-guaiquinima-iba-venezuela on 22/11/2024.