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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
Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
White-throated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Olive Manakin Xenopipo uniformis	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
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1
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
Golden-tufted Grackle Macroagelaius imthurni	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
White-faced Whitestart Myioborus albifacies	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2

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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Elfin forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Palm forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest; Tropical lowland evergreen forest
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-
Savanna	-
Shrubland	-	Semihumid/humid montane scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monumento Natural Tepui Yavi (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monumento-natural-tepui-yavi-iba-venezuela on 03/01/2025.