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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
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri	LC	resident	2003	present	A1
Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti	CR	resident	2007	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus	LC	resident	2005-2007	present	A1, A2
Beautiful Woodpecker Melanerpes pulcher	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Saffron-headed Parrot Pyrilia pyrilia	NT	resident	2007	present	A1
Antioquia Bristle-tyrant Pogonotriccus lanyoni	VU	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Grey-throated Warbler Myiothlypis cinereicollis	LC	resident	2005	present	A1, A2
Sooty Ant-tanager Habia gutturalis	LC	resident	2003	present	A1, A2
Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis hartlaubi	NT	resident	2003	present	A1, A2

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
1993	La Cuchilla del Minero	Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales	3
2004	Reserva Natural El Paujil	Reserva Privada	-
2005	Aves de El Paujil	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	2
2008	Serrania de las Quinchas	Parques Naturales Regionales	22
2009	Del Rio Minero y sus Zonas Aledanas	Distritos Regionales de Manejo Integrado	26
2009	Serrania de las Quinchas	Parques Naturales Regionales	16
2015	La Zambera	Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	79
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Improved pasture land	21

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
hunting	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serranía de las Quinchas (Colombia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serranía-de-las-quinchas-iba-colombia on 22/11/2024.