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Serranía de las Quinchas
Serranía de las Quinchas
Highest point
Elevation	1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Coordinates	05°56′00″N 74°11′00″W / 5.93333°N 74.18333°W / 5.93333; -74.18333
Geography
Country	Colombia
Region(s)	Boyacá, Santander

The Serranía de las Quinchas is an 860 km area of tropical rainforest and cloud forest in Colombia. It lies in the mid Magdalena River Valley in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes. It ranges in altitude from 200 m (660 ft) to 1,700 m (5,600 ft). It is listed as an Important Bird Area, under criteria A1 and A2, as it holds populations of globally threatened and restricted range species. It contains the 848 ha (3.27 sq mi) El Paujil Nature Reserve, established by the Fundación ProAves in 2004.

Threatened birds found in the Serranía de las Quinchas include the wattled guan, blue-billed curassow, saffron-headed parrot, white-mantled barbet, beautiful woodpecker, Antioquia bristle-tyrant, grey-throated warbler, turquoise dacnis and sooty ant-tanager. It is also home to the critically endangered brown spider monkey.

References

Further reading

• BirdLife International (2009) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serrania de las Quinchas, Colombia

v t e Mountain ranges of Colombia
Colombian Andes	Western Ranges Serranía de Pinche Farallones de Cali Serranía de los Paraguas Paramillo Massif Serranía de Abibe Serranía de San Jerónimo Serranía de Ayapel Central Ranges Serranía de los Churumbelos Serranía de las Minas Eastern Ranges Altiplano Cundiboyacense Eastern Hills Suba Hills Serranía de los Yariguíes Serranía de las Quinchas Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Serranía del Perijá Main Andes Colombian Massif Pasto Massif
Isolated ranges	Serranía de Macuira Serranía de Chiribiquete Serranía de la Macarena Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Serranía del Darién Serranía del Baudó Montes de María Serranía de San Lucas

• Important Bird Areas of Colombia
• Mountain ranges of Colombia