Serranía de las Quinchas

Serranía de las Quinchas
Serranía de las Quinchas
Highest point
Elevation	1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Coordinates	05°56′00″N 74°11′00″W
Geography
Country	Colombia
Region(s)	Boyacá, Santander

The Serranía de las Quinchas is an 860 km² area of tropical rainforest and cloud forest in Colombia. It lies in the mid Magdalena River Valley in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes. It ranges in altitude from 200 m (660 ft) to 1,700 m (5,600 ft). It is listed as an Important Bird Area, under criteria A1 and A2, as it holds populations of globally threatened and restricted range species. It contains the 848 ha (3.27 sq mi) El Paujil Nature Reserve, established by the Fundación ProAves in 2004.

Threatened birds found in the Serranía de las Quinchas include the wattled guan, blue-billed curassow, saffron-headed parrot, white-mantled barbet, beautiful woodpecker, Antioquia bristle-tyrant, grey-throated warbler, turquoise dacnis and sooty ant-tanager. It is also home to the critically endangered brown spider monkey.

Further reading

• BirdLife International (2009) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serrania de las Quinchas, Colombia