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Santuario Nacional del Ampay


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 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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1987 de Ampay Santuario Nacional (III) 100

Habitats

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

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.