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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
Grey-legged Tinamou Crypturellus duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Swift Streptoprocne phelpsi	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Cerise-crowned Jacamar Galbula chalcocephala	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Azure-naped Jay Cyanocorax heilprini	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Tepui Brushfinch Atlapetes personatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-naped Seedeater Sporophila fringilloides	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Scaled Flowerpiercer Diglossa duidae	LC	resident	2003	present	A3

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
1978	Yapacana	National Park	100
1991	Formaciones de Tepuyes	Natural Monument	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	80
Savanna	Savanna	9
Shrubland	Riparian scrub/thickets	1
Wetlands (inland)	Streams, Rivers, Riverine sand beaches	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
energy production and mining	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yapacana National Park (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yapacana-national-park-iba-venezuela on 22/11/2024.