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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
Grey-legged Tinamou Crypturellus duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cerise-crowned Jacamar Galbula chalcocephala	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Streak-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus insignis	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Caura Antbird Myrmelastes caurensis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
White-throated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Roraiman Barbtail Roraimia adusta	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Orinoco Softtail Thripophaga cherriei	VU	resident	1970	present	A1, A2, A3
Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Black-fronted Tyrannulet Phylloscartes nigrifrons	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Chapman's Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Vireo Vireo sclateri	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Azure-naped Jay Cyanocorax heilprini	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Tepui Wren Troglodytes rufulus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Brushfinch Atlapetes personatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Golden-tufted Grackle Macroagelaius imthurni	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
White-faced Whitestart Myioborus albifacies	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, 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
1963	Sipapo	Forest Reserve	55
1978	Cerro Autana	Natural Monument	<1
1991	Formaciones de Tepuyes	Natural Monument	5
1991	Macizo Cuao-Sipapo y Moriche	Natural Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Elfin forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, River-edge (river island) forest	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Savanna		-
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Riverine floodplains, Rivers, Streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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