Cueva de los Guácharos
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Cueva de los Guacharos | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Location | Departments of Huila and Caqueta, Colombia |
Nearest city | Florencia, Caqueta, Colombia |
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Area | 90.78 km² |
Established | November 9, 1960 |
Governing body | SINAP |
Cueva de los Guácharos National Park (English: Cave of the Oilbirds)[1] is the oldest national park in Colombia. Located in the western face of the Colombian Eastern Andean Range in the departments of Huila and Caquetá, the park covers an area of 9,000 hectares (90 km2; 35 sq mi).[2][3] The caves formed from the karstic zones of the Magdalena and Caquetá rivers.[4][5]
The park is intended to protect the cloud forest and páramo ecosystems. This area hosts one of the last intact oak forests in the country, with the native oak species Quercus humboldtii (Bonpl.) and Trigonobalanus excelsa (Lozano, 1979)).
Biodiversity
In 2005, the National Natural Parks System identified 296 registered species of birds in the park.[6] Further recorded species are:
Species | Family | Common name | Range | Conservation status |
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Lagothrix lagotricha lugens (Humboldt) | Cebidae/Atelinae | churuco monkey | High Amazon valley | |
Cebus apella (Linné) | Cebidae/Cebinae | corn monkey | Andes\Amazonas | |
Ateles paniscus (Linné) | Cebidae/Atelinae | marimonda | mid and low Amazon valley | |
Mazama americana (Erxleben) | Cervidae/Odocoileinae | páramo deer | Neotropic | |
Mazama rufina (Lesson) | Cervidae/Odocoileinae | páramo deer | ||
Pudu mephistophiles (De Winton) | Cervidae/Odocoileinae | rabbit deer | North andean: N Ecuador- S Colombia | |
Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin) | Tapiridae | páramo tapir | North andean: N Ecuador- Colombia | threatened |
References
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- IUCN Category II
- South American protected area stubs
- Biosphere reserves of Colombia
- National parks of Colombia
- Protected areas established in 1960
- Geography of Huila Department
- Geography of Caquetá Department
- 1960 establishments in Colombia
- Visitor attractions in Huila Department
- Visitor attractions in Caquetá Department