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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera	VU	resident	2003	uncommon	A1
Brown Wood-rail Aramides wolfi	VU	resident	2003	rare	A1
Plumbeous Hawk Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea	NT	resident	2003	rare	A1
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis	LC	resident	2003	uncommon	A1
Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys	NT	resident	2003	uncommon	A1
Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger	VU	resident	2003	rare	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Monte Saíno	Forest Reserve	-
2000	Estación Biológica El Congal	Forest Reserve	-
2001	Monte Caimito	Forest Reserve	-
2009	Galera San Francisco	Reserva Marina	2
2017	Manglares Estuario del Río Muisne	Refugio de Vida Silvestre	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, River-edge (river island) forest, Mangrove	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Improved pasture land, Rice paddies, Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground	36
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Streams, Riverine sand beaches	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	60
agriculture	22
fisheries/aquaculture	2
nature conservation and research	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tonchigüe-Mompiche (Ecuador). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tonchigüe-mompiche-iba-ecuador on 22/11/2024.