PE081
Río Mantaro - Cordillera Central


IBA Justification

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
Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae LC resident (2003) present A3
Huanuco Starfrontlet Coeligena dichroura LC resident (2003) present A3
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor NT resident (2003) present A3
Ayacucho Thistletail Asthenes ayacuchensis LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla LC resident (2003) present A2, A3
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides LC resident (2003) present A3
Black-spectacled Brushfinch Atlapetes melanopsis NT resident (2003) present A1, A3
Drab Hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus LC resident (2003) present A3
Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps LC resident (2003) present A3
White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre LC resident (2003) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest minor (<10) Montane broadleaf evergreen forest
Shrubland minor (<10) Arid montane scrub

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Río Mantaro - Cordillera Central (Peru). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/río-mantaro--cordillera-central-iba-peru on 23/12/2024.