[1] The Cordillera de la Costa montane forests extend across a series of isolated coastal mountains with an area of 1,424,493 hectares (3,520,000 acres).

[3] The Cordillera de la Costa montane forests ecoregion consists of eleven enclaves between 600–2,675 metres (1,969–8,776 ft) in elevation.

The transition forests have a closed canopy made up of Trophis racemosa, Ficus macbridei, Tetragastris caracasana, Zanthoxylum ocumarense, Banara nitida, etc.

The giant endemic tree Gyranthera caribensis, which can grow up to 60 m in height, forms small emergent stands that rise above the forest canopy.

[5] Endangered birds include Venezuelan flowerpiercer (Diglossa venezuelensis), scissor-tailed hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca), Paria whitestart (Myioborus pariae), grey-headed warbler (Basileuterus griseiceps), helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi), Urich's tyrannulet (Phyllomyias urichi), red siskin (Spinus cucullatus) and black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori).