Cuadro de texto: Avifauna Cuadro de texto: Locality Cuadro de texto: The Municipality of Algeria is located to the southwest in the department of Cauca - Colombia, limiting with the following municipalities:to the north with El Tambo, to the south Balboa and the department of Nariño, to the east with Patía and to the west Guapi and Timbiquí. The municipality is conformed by 12 towns: Santa Teresa of Bolivia, Betania, Florida, Naranjal, La Belleza, El Sinaí, El Mango, San Juan de la Guadua, El Diviso, El Plateado, Santa Clara y La Emboscada, with a total of 86 villages. The municipality has an extension of 706 squared kilometers, equivalent to 2,4% of the total territory of the department of the Cauca. It has an altitudinal gradient between 500 and the 3200 meters, which generates different climates and habitats and therefore a great biodiversity. Cuadro de texto: Geographically the municipality of Algeria constitutes the high river basin of most important river of the Cauca Pacific, San Juan de Micay. This river basin limits the Western slope of the Western Cordillera, dividing the Pacific region and Patia valley and a Serrania composed of Cerros Guapi, Plateado and Pinche, forming a great depresión with climatic and ecological peculiarities (Becking, 1995). The potential area of conservation is located to the Northwest of the municipality denominated as Serrania del Pinche, that is part of the high river basin of San Juan de Micay river. With an aproxímate area of 230 square kilometers, 30,000 hectares are a potential area for conservation. Primary forests cover 90% of the river basin and the villages that have influence over this area are: La Belleza, Los Sanjuanes,