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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A3
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Hylonympha macrocerca	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Groove-billed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus sulcatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Paria Barbtail Premnoplex pariae	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Handsome Fruiteater Pipreola formosa	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Ochre-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes semirufus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Paria Whitestart Myioborus pariae	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3
Fulvous-headed Tanager Thlypopsis fulviceps	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Venezuelan Flowerpiercer Diglossa venezuelensis	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1978	Península de Paria	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Tropical deciduous forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Mangrove	50
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	40
Grassland	Second-growth or grazed grasslands	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes/swamps, Streams, Rivers	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Peninsula de Paria National Park (Parque Nacional Península de Paria IBA) (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/peninsula-de-paria-national-park-(parque-nacional-península-de-paria-iba)-iba-venezuela on 23/11/2024.