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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
Barred Tinamou Crypturellus casiquiare	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Grey-bellied Antbird Ammonastes pelzelni	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Antwren Myrmotherula ambigua	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	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
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea	LC	resident	2003	present	A3
White-naped Seedeater Sporophila fringilloides	LC	resident	2003	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Palm forest, River-edge (river island) forest, White sand forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yavita-Pimichin (Venezuela). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yavita-pimichin-iba-venezuela on 22/11/2024.