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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
Marail Guan Penelope marail	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga maculata	LC	resident (-)	present	A1, A3
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Band-tailed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanothorax	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Tiny Tyrant-manakin Tyranneutes virescens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Boat-billed Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus josephinae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Pygmy-tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus	LC	resident (-)	present	A1
Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis	NT	resident (-)	present	A1
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi	LC	resident (-)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Sipaliwini	Nature Reserve (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Savanna	65	Cerrado; Savanna
Forest	35	Tropical lowland evergreen forest; Gallery (or Riparian) forest; Palm forest; Flooded tropical evergreen forest

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
energy production and mining	minor (<10)

Nature Reserve owned by the state, gold concession, validity of the concession is not sure. Indigenous people have traditional hunting rights.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sipaliwini Nature Reserve (Suriname). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sipaliwini-nature-reserve-iba-suriname on 23/12/2024.