PA012
Quebrada Mellicita-Charco Azul


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 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
Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Veraguas Mango Anthracothorax veraguensis LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis LC resident (2006) unknown A3
Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii NT breeding (2006) 50-249 birds A1, A2, A3
Fiery-billed Araçari Pteroglossus frantzii LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex LC unknown (2006) unknown A3
Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina LC resident (2006) unknown A3
Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi VU resident (2006) present A1, A2, A3
Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae NT resident (2006) 1 birds A1, A2, A3
Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius LC resident (2006) unknown A2, A3
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla LC resident (2006) unknown A3
White-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio leucothorax NT resident (2006) unknown A3
Ramphocelus costaricensis NR resident (2006) unknown A2, A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial major (>10)
Forest major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quebrada Mellicita-Charco Azul (Panama). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quebrada-mellicita-charco-azul-iba-panama on 23/12/2024.