Cueva de los Guácharos
Cueva de los Guácharos National Natural Park (English: Cave of the Oilbirds) is a place in Colombia.[1] It is the oldest national park in Colombia. It is on the west side of the eastern Andes Mountains. It is in Huila Department and Caquetá Department. The park is 9,000 hectares (90 km2; 35 sq mi) in size.[2][3]
| Cueva de los Guácharos | |
|---|---|
IUCN category II (national park) | |
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| Location | Huila & Caqueta, Colombia |
| Nearest city | |
| Coordinates | 1°33′N 76°8′W / 1.550°N 76.133°W |
| Area | 90.78 km2 (35.05 sq mi) |
| Established | November 9, 1960 |
| Governing body | SINAP |
There are big caves in this park. The are from the karst rock from the Magdalena and Caquetá rivers.[4][5]
People made the park so no one would hurt the cloud forest and páramo. The park has one of the last oak forests in Colombia. The oak tree species Quercus humboldtii (Bonpl.) and Trigonobalanus excelsa (Lozano, 1979)) grow there.
Living things
changeIn 2005, Colombia's National Natural Parks System said there were 296 species of birds in the park.[6] Other animals live there too:
| Species | Family | Common name | Range | Conservation status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagothrix lagotricha lugens (Humboldt) | Cebidae/Atelinae | Churuco monkey | High Amazon valley | |
| Cebus apella (Linnaeus) | Cebidae/Cebinae | corn monkey | Andes\Amazonas | |
| Ateles paniscus (Linnaeus) | 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: northern Ecuador to southern Colombia | |
| Tapirus pinchaque (Roulin) | Tapiridae | páramo tapir | threatened |
References
change- ↑ Hilty, Steven L.; Brown, Bill (1986). A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-691-08372-8.
- ↑ Bonell, Francisco (12 October 2011). "El Parque Nacional Cueva de Los Guácharos cumplió 50 años" [The Cueva de los Guácharos National Park turned 50]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo S. A.
- ↑ "Descripción del Área" [Description of Area] (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Grzimek, Bernhard (1979). Animal Live, Volume 10: Mammals (in German). ISBN 978-3-423-03206-3.
- ↑ Granados, Marta (1984). Colombia, Parques Nacionales [Colombia, National Parks] (in Spanish). Fondo para la Protección del Medio Ambiente Jose Celestino Mutis.
- ↑ "Plan de Manejo Parque Nacional Natural Cueva Los Guacharos" [Management Plan: National Natural Park Cueva Los Guacharos] (PDF) (in Spanish). National Natural Parks System. 2005. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-12-25.