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 List1 |
Season (year[s] of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Taczanowski's Tinamou Nothoprocta taczanowskii |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Mountaineer Oreonympha albolimbata |
LC |
resident (2008) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Fire-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon |
LC |
resident (2008) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii |
NT |
resident (2008) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda |
LC |
resident (2008) |
present |
A3 |
| Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Andean Parakeet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Stripe-headed Antpitta Grallaria andicolus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Rusty-fronted Canastero Asthenes ottonis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla |
LC |
resident (2008) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Apurimac Spinetail Synallaxis courseni |
NT |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch Poospizopsis caesar |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Peruvian Sierra-finch Phrygilus punensis |
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.
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
minor (<10) |
Second-growth or disturbed forest; Montane broadleaf evergreen forest; Pine forests; Elfin forest |
| Grassland |
- |
Puna |
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| unknown |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santuario Nacional del Ampay (Peru). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santuario-nacional-del-ampay-iba-peru on 03/12/2024.
