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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Reserva Biológica Cachalú	Natural Reserve (-)	100
2008	Paramos de Guantiva y la Rusia	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado (VI)	100

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

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 23/12/2024.