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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
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

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

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	-

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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 23/12/2024.