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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	2008	30	A1
Chestnut Wood-quail Odontophorus hyperythrus	LC	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A3
Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus	LC	resident	2008	30	A1, A2
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa	LC	resident	2003	common	A2, A3
Pink-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa gularis	LC	resident	2008	30	A1, A2, A3
Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio	LC	resident	2008	30	A1, A2
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis	NT	resident	2008	30	A1
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori	EN	resident	2008	30	A1
Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Black-billed Mountain-toucan Andigena nigrirostris	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Military Macaw Ara militaris	VU	resident	2008	30	A1
White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
White-bellied Antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Hooded Antpitta Grallaricula cucullata	NT	resident	2008	30 individuals	A1, A3
Scalloped Antthrush Chamaeza turdina	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota	LC	resident	2008	90	A1
Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Chestnut-bellied Thrush Turdus fulviventris	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Dusky-headed Brushfinch Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus	NT	resident	2008	90 individuals	A1, A3
Golden-fronted Whitestart Myioborus chrysops	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex	LC	resident	2003	common	A3
Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina	LC	resident	1998-2002	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
1960	Cueva de los Guacharos	Parque Nacional Natural	<1
2002	Alto Fragua Indi Wasi	Parque Nacional Natural	2
2007	Serrania de los Churumbelos Auka Wasi	Parque Nacional Natural	53
2007	Corredor Biologico Guacharos PuracE	Parques Naturales Regionales	1
2007	Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de los Churumbelos	Natural National Park	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest	98
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Improved pasture land	1
Shrubland	Semihumid/humid montane scrub	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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