Río Conambo-Bobonaza (Ecuador) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Río Conambo-Bobonaza

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	LC	resident	2003	frequent	A1
Ochre-striped Antpitta Grallaria dignissima	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Golden-winged Tody-flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Olive-chested Flycatcher Myiophobus cryptoxanthus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (1990) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
1990	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, River-edge (river island) forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Streams	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
military	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Río Conambo-Bobonaza (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/río-conambo-bobonaza-iba-ecuador on 23/11/2024.