Fundación ProAves – por las aves y su hábitat en Colombia
Chamicero
de Perijá
ProAves Reserve
Asthenes perijana
Chamicero
de Perijá
ProAves Reserve
Date created: January 28, 2014
Area: 761 hectares
Average Temperature: 59 °F
Ecosystem: High Andean, sub-paramo and paramo forests
Weather: Bimodal-tetra-seasonal rains
Altitudinal range: Between 1,700 to 2,300 AMSL
Key species: Perijá Hummingbird (Metallura Iracunda), Perijá Thistletail (Asthenes Perijana), Perijá Brushfinch (Arremon Perijanus), Black-fronted Brushfinch (Atlapetes nigrifrons) and Tapaculo del Perijá (Scytalopus sp), a newly discovered species.
Key species
The area has a high number of endemic species of flora and fauna threatened with extinction. In addition, the conserved forests benefit the endemic bird species of the upper and middle part of the Serranía del Perijá: the Perijá Hummingbird (Metallura Iracunda), Perijá Thistletail (Asthenes Perijana), Perijá Brushfinch (Arremon Perijanus), Black-fronted Brushfinch (Atlapetes nigrifrons) and the Perijá Tapaculo (Scytalopus sp), a newly discovered species.
Location and area
The Reserve is located in the villages of El Cinco and Altos de Perijá in the municipality of Manaure, Cesar department, approximately 58 km from the city of Valledupar. The Reserve has an approximate area of 749 ha of Altoantine, sub-paramo and paramo forests (See map).
Ecosystem
The Reserve protects subtropical (cloud) forests of the sub-Andean and Andean fringes, sub paramos (2,600-2,900) and paramos (3,000-3,500 m). The sub-Andean forests are mainly found between 1,700-2,300 m elevation and the Andean ones above 2,300 m.
How to get there
The Reserve is located between the villages of El Cinco and Altos de Perijá, in the municipality of Manaure, department of Cesar, approximately 36 miles from the city of Valledupar.
When you reach the municipality of Manaure, look for the Dante River, where you will find a bridge. There you must turn left towards route 5.
