Serranía de los Churumbelos
| Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi | |
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| Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi National Natural Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Nearest city | Piamonte, Cauca, Colombia |
| Coordinates | 01°14′32.32″N 76°30′28.34″W / 1.2423111°N 76.5078722°WCoordinates: 01°14′32.32″N 76°30′28.34″W / 1.2423111°N 76.5078722°W |
| Area | 562 km2 (217 sq mi) |
| Established | 30 August 2007 |
| Governing body | Dirección de Parques Nacionales Naturales del minambiente de Colombia |
Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi) was declared on 30 August 2007 by the Colombian government. It is located in the Bota Caucana of southern Colombia. Three biological expeditions conducted rapid biodiversity surveys and conservation assessments in Serranía de los Churumbelos from 1998 to 2000. The results from the expeditions were published by Fundacion ProAves in Conservacion Colombiana in 2007. These studies raised interest in the region and laid the justification for the protection of this spectacular mountain range.
Serranía de los Churumbelos forms the southernmost spur of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, and is situated on the border of four distinct biogeographical regions: lowland Amazonia, the Eastern Cordillera, the Central Cordillera and the dryer Magdalena Valley.
The first studies of Serrania de los Churumbelos were carried out by Anglo-Colombian expeditions, "Colombia '98" and "EBA Project", initiatives of Colombian and UK students.
The mountain range was found to resemble the Northern Andean and Amazonia North Ecoregions. Several new plant species were discovered (in Gesneriaceae, Piperaceae and others). 462 bird species were recorded in Serranía de los Churumbelos, with 246 species ringed. Twelve threatened and near threatened bird species were recorded. It is estimated that the probable total bird species inventory exceeds 550 species: an exceptional diversity, making the Serranía a global avian "hotspot" and extremely important for bird diversity.
46 species of amphibians (30 species) and reptiles (16 species) were recorded, including four new species for Colombia and several potentially undescribed taxa. Mammals registered include spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque). 150 Lepidoptera (butterfly) species were recorded.
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