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Monumento Natural Tepui Parú


IBA Justification

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
Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys LC resident (2003) present A2
Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae LC resident (2003) present A2
Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae LC resident (2003) present A2
Streak-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus insignis LC resident (2003) present A2
White-throated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae LC resident (2003) present A2
Roraiman Barbtail Roraimia adusta LC resident (2003) present A2
Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa LC resident (2003) present A2
Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta LC resident (2003) present A2
Black-fronted Tyrannulet Phylloscartes nigrifrons LC resident (2003) present A2
Chapman's Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani LC resident (2003) present A2
Great Elaenia Elaenia dayi LC resident (2003) present A2
Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus LC resident (2003) present A2
Tepui Wren Troglodytes rufulus LC resident (2003) present A2
Tepui Brushfinch Atlapetes personatus LC resident (2003) present A2
Tepui Whitestart Myioborus castaneocapilla LC resident (2003) present A2
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae LC resident (2003) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1991 Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument (III) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Elfin forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) -
Shrubland - Semihumid/humid montane scrub


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monumento Natural Tepui Parú (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monumento-natural-tepui-parú-iba-venezuela on 23/12/2024.