Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape (19122)
Peru, South America

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed

Global KBA criteria: A1a, A1b, A1c, B1, B2

Year of last assessment: 2023

National site name: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Central coordinates: Latitude: -3.9902, Longitude: -80.4758

System: terrestrial, freshwater

Elevation (m): 50 to 1550

Area of KBA (km²): 1516.688835

Protected area coverage (%): 99.98

KBA classification: Global

Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Site description: The KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape covers an area of 1607.116 sq km and it's located within the provinces of Tumbes and Contralmirante Villar in the department of Tumbes and the province of Sullana in the department of Piura. This KBA follows the same boundaries as the Cerros de Amotape National Park plus the Angostura-Faical Regional Conservation Area boundaries. The altitude range of the KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape is 50-1550 masl. It presents four life zones with a variety of plant associations, among which the ceibal, the chaparral and the algarrobal predominate. The topography is influenced by the foothills of the Amotapes mountain range, with the presence of deep canyons and ravines. Within the Park there are archaeological remains such as Rica Playa. The area has been the subject of ornithological evaluations by D. and E. Tallman in 1972 and by Whiffin and Sadgrove in 2001, in collaboration with ProAves Peru. ProNaturaleza also carries out projects in the area. Between 1996 and 2000, PROFONANPE developed the project 'Conservation of the biodiversity of the Cerros de Amotape National Park'. The main climate types in the KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape is: 1) Warm, semi-arid with dry winter and spring, the maximum temperature ranges from 31°C to 33°C , the minimum temperature ranges from 19°C to 21°C and the annual precipitation ranges from 200 mm to 500 mm. The other climate types present in this region are: 2) Warm, semi-arid with dry winter, 3) Temperate, semi-arid with dry winter, 4) Warm, semi-dry with dry winter, 5) Warm, semi-dry with dry winter and spring and 6) Temperate, semi-arid with dry winter and spring. The KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape presents ca. 87% of Bosque estacionalmente seco de colina y montaña (Seasonally dry hill and montane forest), ca. 12% of Bosque tropical del Pacífico (Pacific tropical forest) - (Tumbes), agricultural zones, rivers and Bosque estacionalmente seco ribereño (Seasonally dry riparian forest) - (Algarrobal) (less than 1% each one).

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: The KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for A1, B1 and B2 criteria described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. The KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape harbors one Vulnerable and range restricted species of plant (Erythroxylum pacificum), two threatened mammals (Cebus aequatorialis and Marmosa phaea), two range restricted bats (Sturnira bakeri and Rhogeessa velilla), one Vulnerable lizard (Stenocercus limitaris), one range restricted fish (Chilobrycon deuterodon) and eighteen range restricted bird species.

Additional biodiversity: Erythroxylum pacificum, Alouatta palliata, Lontra longicaudis, Leopardus pardalis, Panthera onca, Artibeus fraterculus, Artibeus jamaicensis, Sturnira bakeri, Carollia perspicillata, Transandinomys talamancae, Micronycteris megalotis, Artibeus ravus, Carollia brevicauda, Glossophaga soricina, Vampyressa thyone, Artibeus lituratus, Desmodus rotundus, Platyrrhinus matapalensis, Aegialomys xantheolus, Mazama americana, Molossus molossus, Enchisthenes hartii, Aegialomys xanthaeolus, Anoura geoffroyi, Didelphis marsupialis, Eptesicus chiriquinus, Gardnerycteris crenulatum, Micronycteris minuta Myotis keaysi, Myotis riparius, Nasua narica, Pecari tajacu, Phyllostomus discolor, Proechimys decumanus, Rhogeessa velilla, Thyroptera discifera, Uroderma bilobatum, Chilobrycon deuterodon, Ampeliornis griseiceps, Attila torridus, Brotogeris pyrrhoptera, Clibanornis erythrocephalus, Crypturellus transfasciatus, Grallaria watkinsi, Lathrotriccus griseipectus, Leptotila ochraceiventris, Octhoeca salvini, Onuchorhynchus occidentalis, Ortalis erythroptera, Pachyramphus spodiurus, Pseudastur occidentalis, Synallaxis tithys, Syndactyla ruficollis, Clibanornis erythrocephalus, Myiarchis semirufus, Psittacara erythrogenys, Atlapetes albiceps, Basileuterus trifasciatus, Thaumasius baeri, Phaethornis porcullae, Pheugopedius paucimaculatus, Picumnus sclateri, Piezorina cinerea, Rhynchospiza stolzmanni, Sicalis taczanowskii, Spinus siemiradzkii, Synallaxis stictothorax, Tachycineta stolzamnni, Thamnophilus zarumae, Atlapetes seebohmi the ran restricted and Conothraupis speculigera, Myiothlypis fraseri, Campephilus gayaquilensis, Columbina buckleyi, Cyanocorax mystacalis, Forpus coelestis, Icterus graceannae, Melanopareia elegans, Myiarchis phaeocephalus, Myidynastes bairdii, Myipagis subplacens, Pionus chalcopterus, Rhodospingus cruentatus, Thamnophilus bernardi, Cantorchilus superciliaris, Turdus reevei, Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius semipalmatus, Calidris alba, Leucophaeus atricilla, Actitis macularius, Tachycineta stolzmanni, Nyctidromus anthonyi, Pseudelaenia leucospodia, Myrmia micrura and Saltator nigriceps.

Manageability of the site: Since this KBA enclosures the Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape, it can be potentially manageable by the National Service of Protected Natural Areas - SERNANP.

Other site values: No indigenous communities were identified

Delineation rationale: The boundary of the KBA Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape follows the boundary of the Cerros de Amotape National Park at its eastern, southern, western and northern ends. To the northwest, the boundaries follow the Angostura Faical Conservation Area.

Habitats

Summary of habitats in KBA: Forest 90-100% Other 1-10%

Land use: Natural Area Protected by the State

IUCN Habitat	Coverage %	Habitat detail
Forest	90	Forest – Subtropical/tropical dry
Other	5

Threats

Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Threat level 3	Timing
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Unknown
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting	Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded	Unknown

Additional information

References: MINAM. 2018. Mapa Nacional de Ecosistemas del Perú Castro, A., Dávila, C., Laura, W., et al. 2021. Climas del Perú: mapa de clasificación climática nacional. In Climas del Perú: mapa de clasificación climática nacional (pp. 70). https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=mapa-climatico-del-peru Schulenberg and Parker 1981