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Yavita-Pimichin


IBA Justification

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
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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.