• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Choco Tinamou Crypturellus kerriae	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Russet-crowned Quail-Dove Zentrygon goldmani	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Sooty-capped Puffbird Nystactes noanamae	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus	CR	resident	2003	present	A1
Spiny-faced Antshrike Xenornis setifrons	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Black-crowned Pittasoma Pittasoma michleri	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Black Oropendola Psarocolius guatimozinus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Los Katios	Parque Nacional Natural	100
1994	Los Katíos National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest	71
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Streams	29

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parque Nacional Natural Los Katíos (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-natural-los-katíos-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.