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BIODIVERSITY

Eight different species.
Each one a thread in the
connectivity story.

MAMMALS

 LC - DECREASING 

Puma

Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)

The largest felid remaining in Cóbano. Requires large, connected home ranges. An indicator of landscape-scale connectivity.

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 LC - DECREASING 

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dense forest specialist. Individual ID from pelage. Occupancy reveals fine-scale habitat quality thresholds.

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 LC - DECREASING 

Lowland paca

Cuniculus paca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Key prey species for felids. Sensitive to hunting pressure. Riparian forest specialist.

 LC - DECREASING 

Collared peccary

Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)

Social ungulate and prey species. Movement patterns reflect matrix permeability.

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BIRDS

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VU — Vulnerable

Great curassow

Crax rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Forest interior specialist. Vulnerable globally. Strongest Red List indicator species in our focal list.

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© Gary P Lowry

 LC - DECREASING 

Thicket tinamou

Crypturellus cinnamomeus (Lesson, 1842)

Ground-dwelling. Sensitive to understorey disturbance and fragmentation.

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© Gary P Lowry

 LC - DECREASING 

Long-tailed manakin

Chiroxiphia linearis (Bonaparte, 1838)

Lek breeding requires stable connected forest. Indicator of long-term habitat persistence.

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 LC - DECREASING 

Ruddy woodcreeper

Dendrocincla homochroa (Sclater, 1860)

Forest-dependent insectivore. Poor disperser across open matrix. Fine-scale connectivity indicator.

Planned: Amphibian monitoring programme

Amphibians represent one of the most globally threatened vertebrate groups - with over 40% of species facing extinction risk due to habitat loss, disease, and climate change. In Cóbano, systematic baseline data for the amphibian community remains to be established. As we finalise our species list and survey protocols in preparation for later phases, our amphibian monitoring programme will contribute baseline occupancy and population data for this critical but undocumented group. Focal species will be added to this page as the programme is established.

Contributing to:

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