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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Military Macaw Ara militaris	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster	VU	resident	2003	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	El Oso	Natural Reserve	100
2005	El Lion	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	1
2005	El Silencio Del Oso	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2005	Bolivia	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2007	Corredor Biologico Guacharos PuracE	Parques Naturales Regionales	83
2017	El Portal del Oso	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2017	El Paraiso del Turpial	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1
2017	La Loma del Toro Pao	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	60
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Polylepis woodland, Tropical deciduous forest	37
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved pasture land	3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva El Oso (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-el-oso-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.