Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve

Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve
La Reserva Natural de las Aves Reinita Cielo Azul
LocationSantander Department, Colombia
Nearest cityBucaramanga
Area545 acres (221 ha)
Established2005
Governing bodyFundación ProAves
American Bird Conservancy

Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve, known in Spanish as Reserva Natural de las Aves Reinita Cielo Azul, is a nature reserve near Bucaramanga in central Colombia.[1] The reserve is set among oak forest on the eastern slopes of the Magdalena River. It measures 545 acres (221 ha) and adjoins the Yariguíes National Park.[2]

The reserve was founded in 2005 by Fundación ProAves, a non-profit environmental organization that owns and manages several reserves in Colombia, with the assistance of the American Bird Conservancy. It was established to provide an area of protected habitat for migratory birds from North America such as the cerulean warbler as well as locally threatened species.[2] The reserve has incorporated a 15 hectares (37 acres) coffee farm, producing shade-grown coffee which it promotes and sells as conservation-friendly Cerulean Warbler Coffee to cover the operating costs of the reserve.[3]

  1. ^ American Birding Association (2007). Birding. Vol. 39. American Birding Association. p. 225. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve". Conservation Birding. American Bird Conservancy. 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  3. ^ "Cerulean Warblers and shade coffee". Coffee & Conservation. Retrieved 2010-05-25.