PE001
Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape


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
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus NT resident (2003) present A2, A3
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi LC resident (2008) present A2, A3
Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus NT resident (2003) present A1
Tumbes Hummingbird Thaumasius baeri LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis VU resident (2003) present A1, A2
Ecuadorian Piculet Picumnus sclateri LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis LC resident (2008) present A1
Grey-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera VU resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus LC resident (2008) present A3
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys NT resident (2003) present A2, A3
Chapman's Antshrike Thamnophilus zarumae LC breeding (2008) present A2, A3
Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Grey-headed Antbird Ampelornis griseiceps NT resident (2008) present A1, A2
Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Watkins's Antpitta Grallaria watkinsi NT resident (2003) present A2, A3
Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis LC resident (2003) present A1, A2
Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis erythrocephalus NT resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Blackish-headed Spinetail Synallaxis tithys VU resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Pacific Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus occidentalis NT resident (-) present A1, A2, A3
Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus VU resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Grey-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus LC resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus NT resident (2008) present A1
Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus VU resident (2008) present A1, A2, A3
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Superciliated Wren Cantorchilus superciliaris LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii LC resident (2003) present A1, A2, A3
Tumbes Sparrow Rhynchospiza stolzmanni LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
White-headed Brushfinch Atlapetes albiceps LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Bay-crowned Brushfinch Atlapetes seebohmi LC resident (2003) present A2
White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Three-banded Warbler Basileuterus trifasciatus LC resident (2008) present A2
Black-and-white Tanager Conothraupis speculigera LC resident (2008) present A1
Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus LC resident (2003) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1975 Cerros de Amotape Parque Nacional (II) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-cerros-de-amotape-iba-peru on 23/12/2024.