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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Stripe-faced Wood-quail Odontophorus balliviani |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bolivian Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Cloud-forest Screech-owl Megascops marshalli |
NT |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1 |
| Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Hooded Mountain-toucan Andigena cucullata |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Blue-moustached Barbet Eubucco versicolor |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Southern Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Ashy Antwren Myrmotherula grisea |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-faced Antpitta Grallaria erythrotis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis |
NT |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Black-throated Thistletail Asthenes harterti |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Light-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca albiceps |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis |
VU |
resident (2003) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-bellied Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis albiventris |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Buff-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus hellmayri |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Golden-browed Chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchella |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-bellied Bush-tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Olive Flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Fulvous Wren Cinnycerthia fulva |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager Dubusia castaneoventris |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Orange-browed Hemispingus Kleinothraupis calophrys |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Bright-rumped Yellow-finch Sicalis uropigyalis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Glacier Finch Chionodacryon speculiferum |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria |
LC |
resident (2003) |
present |
A2, A3 |
