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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

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

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

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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.