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# Appendix D: Species categorization of richness

Sample categorization of species richness for pilot site in Villagarzón, Colombia

Many of the most biodiverse regions in the planet have incomplete, or inaccurate data. Following is a sample table to show species richness, and biodiversity risk for a sample BCP in the Putumayan Amazon. It is incomplete. While the table is simple, the data itself, and data sources are characteristically underdeveloped.&#x20;

Some easy-to-use public data sources for gathering this data include (but are definitely not limited to):

* [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7196\&verifiable=any\&view=species)
* [Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)](https://www.gbif.org/country/CO/about)
* [eBird](https://ebird.org/region/CO?yr=all)

Of note, traditional medicine doctors “taitas” in the region describe a medicinal plant formulary of nearly 3,000 vascular plants, nearly double the characterized vascular plants in Western science for the region.&#x20;

#### **Table 10. Species richness and biodiversity risk in Colombia**

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th></th><th width="110"></th><th width="114"></th><th width="135"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Taxonomy</td><td># Species</td><td># Endemic</td><td># Threatened</td><td>Zone</td></tr><tr><td>All species</td><td><a href="https://cifras.biodiversidad.co/">75,947</a></td><td><a href="http://reporte.humboldt.org.co/biodiversidad/2018/cap2/203/#seccion3">8,803</a></td><td><a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/search/stats?landRegions=CO&#x26;searchType=species">12,594</a></td><td>Colombia</td></tr><tr><td>Trees</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bccm/v11n1/v11n1a02.pdf">2197</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/2-plantas-endemicas-de-la-amazonia-colombiana/">280</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/3-plantas-amenazadas-de-la-amazonia-colombiana/">106</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Vascular plants</td><td><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00126860">1223</a></td><td><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328150251_ENDEMISMO_DE_LAS_PLANTAS_CON_FLORES_EN_LA_AMAZONIA_COLOMBIANA_Endemism_of_flowering_plants_in_the_Colombian_Amazonian_region">346</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=plantae&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;threatUICN=LC&#x26;threatUICN=VU&#x26;threatUICN=EN&#x26;threatUICN=CR">121</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Amphibians</td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">183</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">8</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">11</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Reptiles</td><td><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357989857_Biological_diversity_and_ecological_networks_in_the_Amazon">371</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">9</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">14</a></td><td>Amazon rainforest</td></tr><tr><td>Birds</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bccm/v11n1/v11n1a02.pdf">598</a></td><td><a href="https://ipt.biodiversidad.co/sib/resource?r=aicas_fase3#:~:text=23%20especies%20que%20cumplen%20con%20criterios%20AICAs%2C%20especies%20con%20inter%C3%A9s%20global%20y%20nacional%20en%20conservaci%C3%B3n%20(A1%20y%20CO1)%2C%20especies%20representantes%20de%20un%20%C3%81rea%20de%20Endemismo">23</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Aves&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;threatUICN=LC&#x26;threatUICN=NT&#x26;threatUICN=VU&#x26;threatUICN=EN&#x26;threatUICN=CR">141</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Insects</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=animalia&#x26;class=Insecta&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">190</a></td><td><a href="https://repositorio.accefyn.org.co/bitstream/001/43/1/ACCEFVN-AC-spa-1999-Insectos%20de%20Colombia..pdf">12</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Insecta&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT">6</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Mammals</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&#x26;pid=S0370-39082013000200009">154</a></td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&#x26;pid=S0370-39082013000200009%7D">19</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Fish</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Actinopterygii&#x26;class=Actinopteri&#x26;class=Sarcopterygii&#x26;class=Elasmobranchii&#x26;class=Chondrichthyes&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">46</a></td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Fungi</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=fungi&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">95</a></td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr></tbody></table>

\* No data available, \*\* Estimations only


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