Cerro Guanay

Cerro Guanay
Cerro Guanay
Highest point
Elevation	2,300 m (7,500 ft)
Coordinates	5°51′N 66°24′W / 5.85°N 66.40°W / 5.85; -66.40[1]
Geography
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolivar
Cerro Guanay Natural Monument Monumento Natural Cerro Guanay • Monumento Natural Tepui Guanay IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[2] Area 1,348.09 km2 (520.50 sq mi) Designation Natural Monument Designated 1990 Administrator Instituto Nacional de Parques (INPARQUES)

Cerro Guanay is a tepui (table-top mountain) in southern Bolívar state of Venezuela. It extends up to approximately 2300 meters elevation.

Tepuis are isolated flat-topped sandstone mountains with a montane flora and fauna distinct from the surrounding lowlands. Cerro Guanay is home to many tepui-endemic species animals and plants. 19 species characteristic of the tepuis have been recorded there, including Chapman's bristle-tyrant (Pogonotriccus chapmani), Tepui wren (Troglodytes rufulus), Tepui brushfinch (Atlapetes personatus), flutist wren (Microcerculus ustulatus), buff-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus duidae), olive manakin (Xenopipo uniformis), Tepui antpitta (Myrmothera simplex), golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni), velvet-browed brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys), Tepui swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi), black-fronted tyrannulet (Phylloscartes nigrifrons), scaled flowerpiercer (Diglossa duidae), white-faced whitestart (Myioborus albifacies), scarlet-horned manakin (Ceratopipra cornuta), and peacock coquette (Lophornis pavoninus). Endemic plants include Bonnetia crassa, Kunhardtia rhodantha, Brocchinia melanacra, and Tepuipappus esposi, as well as species of Eriocaulaceae, Cyperaceae, and Xyridaceae.^[1]

The Venezuelan government designated Cerro Guanay a natural monument in 1990, which protects an area of 1348.09 km².^[2]