Fundación ProAves – por la conservación en el país de las aves

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Date of Establishment
2009
EcosYstem:
PLANT FORMATIONS:
TEMPERATURE:
WEATHER:

Bimodal precipitation

ALTITUDINAL RANGE:

Between 310 and 1,410 meters above sea level.

KEY SPECIES

In this conservation area, close to:

Location

The Natural Reserve is located in the municipality of Zapatoca, 60 km from Bucaramanga,
department of Santander, via Chocoa-Girón. It includes an altitude range between 310 and 1,410
m.s.n.m. This conservation area has well-preserved forest fragments despite the
overgrazing of goats.

The Natural Reserve is located on the Sogamoso River basin, and very close to the confluence of the rivers.
Suárez and Chicamocha, who form it. The soils are dry, rocky, of low fertility and highly
eroded. These semi-arid characteristics are the result of different geological, climatic and
anthropogenic.

photographic record
CUCARACHERO DE CHICAMOCHA
SUSTAINABILITY & CONSERVATION