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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
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Gorgeted Wood-quail Odontophorus strophium	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Black Inca Coeligena prunellei	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Chlorostilbon poortmani	NR	resident	2003	present	A2
Megascops colombianus	NR	resident	2003	present	A1
Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Moustached Brushfinch Atlapetes albofrenatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Mountain Grackle Macroagelaius subalaris	EN	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	resident	2003	present	A1

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
1997	Reserva Biológica Cachalú	Natural Reserve	100
2008	Paramos de Guantiva y la Rusia	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	85
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved pasture land, Arable land	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva Biológica Cachalú (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-biológica-cachalú-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.