Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Wattled Guan Aburria aburri |
LC |
resident (2002) |
50-249 birds |
A1 |
| Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti |
CR |
resident (2004) |
250-999 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus |
LC |
resident (2004) |
1,000-2,499 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Beautiful Woodpecker Melanerpes pulcher |
LC |
resident (-) |
present |
A2 |
| Saffron-headed Parrot Pyrilia pyrilia |
NT |
resident (2004) |
1,000-2,499 birds |
A1 |
| Antioquia Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus lanyoni |
VU |
resident (2004) |
250-999 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Sooty Ant-tanager Habia gutturalis |
LC |
resident (2007) |
1,000-2,499 birds |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni |
LC |
resident (2007) |
250-999 birds |
A2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1994 |
Reserva Regional Bajo Cauca Nechí |
Parque Natural Regional (-) |
100 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
97 |
Tropical lowland evergreen forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Second-growth or disturbed forest |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
3 |
Improved pasture land; Arable land |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
20 |
| other |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reserva Regional Bajo Cauca Nechí (Colombia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reserva-regional-bajo-cauca-nechí-iba-colombia on 23/12/2024.
