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The site was identified as important 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)	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	de Ampay	Santuario Nacional	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Pine forests, Elfin forest	minor (<10)
Grassland	Puna	-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.