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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
Marail Guan Penelope marail	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Tepui Swift Streptoprocne phelpsi	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis	NT	resident	2003	present	A1
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja	VU	resident	2003	present	A1
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Parrotlet Nannopsittaca panychlora	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tiny Tyrant-manakin Tyranneutes virescens	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Olive Manakin Xenopipo uniformis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Orange-bellied Manakin Lepidothrix suavissima	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

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
1961	Imataca	Forest Reserve	100
1987	El Dorado - Tumeremo	Forest Plot	<1
1987	El Palmar y Alfredo	Rural Development Area	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Mangrove, Flooded tropical evergreen forest	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
energy production and mining	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva Forestal Imataca (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-forestal-imataca-iba-venezuela on 22/11/2024.