Reserva Comunal Bosque de Angashcola (Ecuador) IBA | Details

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Reserva Comunal Bosque de Angashcola

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Bearded Guan Penelope barbata	NT	resident (2003)	present	A1, A2
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris	LC	resident (2003)	present	A2
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan Andigena hypoglauca	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1
Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis	LC	resident (2003)	present	A1

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Angashcola	Protected Forest (-)	-
2002	Colambo-Yacuri	Protected Forest (-)	100
2010	Podocarpus-El Condor	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	8

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	50	Elfin forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest; Polylepis woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	40	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards, groves; Improved pasture land
Shrubland	10	Semihumid/humid montane scrub; Second-growth or disturbed scrub
Grassland	minor (<10)	Paramo; Second-growth or grazed grasslands
Introduced vegetation	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Freshwater lakes and pools; Rivers; Streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	50
agriculture	40
fisheries/aquaculture	5
forestry	5
rangeland/pastureland	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva Comunal Bosque de Angashcola (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-comunal-bosque-de-angashcola-iba-ecuador on 23/12/2024.