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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
Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi	VU	resident (2008)	< 50 birds	A1, A2
Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari	EN	resident (2008)	50–100 birds	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	El Cocuy	Parque Nacional Natural (II)	100
1986	Cuenca del Rio Tame	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	69	Flooded tropical evergreen forest; Gallery (or Riparian) forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Polylepis woodland; Second-growth or disturbed forest
Shrubland	15	Scrub; Semihumid/humid montane scrub
Grassland	8	Edaphic grassland; Second-growth or grazed grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	6	Improved pasture land
Other	1
Wetlands (inland)	1	Freshwater marshes/swamps

En el territorio del Parque se encuentran representados tres grupos culturales diferentes, los Uwa, los llaneros quienes están asentados sobre las estribaciones de la cordillera, pie de monte y las sabanas, y la cultura campesina altoandina en la vertiente occidental de la cordillera.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-natural-el-cocuy-iba-colombia on 23/12/2024.