Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important 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 List1 |
Season |
Year(s) |
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 individuals |
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 individuals |
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 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.
| Habitat1 |
Habitat detail |
% of IBA |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
|
major (>10) |
| Forest |
|
major (>10) |
1.
IUCN Habitat classification.
| 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 23/11/2024.
