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The site was identified as important in 2021 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
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri	NT	resident	2017-2018	30 individuals	B1a
Urrao Antpitta Grallaria fenwickorum	CR	resident	2010-2018	1 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Las Orquideas	Parque Nacional Natural	100
1975	De Urrao	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	3
1975	Carauta	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Polylepis woodland	97
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved pasture land, Arable land	2
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
agriculture	5

En el territorio existen comunidades indígenas como los Kuna y Emberá, y existen vestigios arqueológicos principalmente en donde se encontraba localizada Santa María la Antigua Darién. También se pueden localizar algunos territorios colectivos de comunidades negras.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquídeas (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-natural-las-orquídeas-iba-colombia on 25/11/2024.