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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
Chestnut Wood-quail Odontophorus hyperythrus	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident (2003)	frequent	A1
Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons	VU	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Indigo-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi	EN	resident (2008)	present	A1, A2
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident (2003)	common	A1
Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri	VU	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Masked Mountain-tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei	VU	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Servia	Reserva Naturall de la Sociedad civil (-)	9
-	Agua Clara Valle Lindo	Reserva Naturall de la Sociedad civil (-)	4
-	Caucasia	Reserva Naturall de la Sociedad civil (-)	1
-	El Mirador	zonas de manejo del recurso hídrico (-)	8
-	El Castillo	zonas de manejo del recurso hídrico (-)	5
-	La Gualquiria	zonas de manejo del recurso hídrico (-)	3
-	El Retiro	zonas de manejo del recurso hídrico (-)	4
-	La Rusia	Parque Natural Regional (-)	14
2011	Paramos y Bosques Altoandinos de Genova	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado (VI)	54

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	81	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest; Polylepis woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	12	Forestry and agro-industrial plantations; Improved pasture land
Shrubland	6	Semihumid/humid montane scrub; Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	40
agriculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Páramos y Bosques Altoandinos de Génova (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/páramos-y-bosques-altoandinos-de-génova-iba-colombia on 23/12/2024.