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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Long-tailed Wood-partridge Dendrortyx macroura	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis	LC	passage	1995	present	A3
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Whiskered Screech-owl Megascops trichopsis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Barred Owl Strix varia	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Strickland's Woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha	EN	non-breeding	1995	present	A2, A3
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	LC	resident	1995	-	A3
Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Grey-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Russet Nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Green-striped Brush-finch Arremon virenticeps	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Rufous-capped Brush-finch Atlapetes pileatus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi	EN	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei	LC	resident	1995	-	A3
Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa	VU	resident	1995	present	A3
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A3
Red Warbler Cardellina rubra	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Slate-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza relicta	LC	resident	1995	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zona Protectora Forestal los terrenos constitutivos de las cuencas de los ríos Valle de Bravo, Malacatepec, Tilostoc y Temascaltepec	Área de Protección de los Recursos Naturales	140,234	protected area overlaps with site	0
Tenancingo - Malinalco - Zumpahuacan	Parque Ecológico Recreativo	33,047	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nevado de Toluca	National Park	46,784	protected area contained by site	39,345
Nevado de Toluca	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	53,591	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nahuatlaca - Matlazinca	Parque Natural para la Recreación Popular	24,575	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Hermenegildo Galeana	Parque Estatal Ecológico, Turístico y Recreativo	340	protected area is adjacent to site	0
ANP Cerro de los Manantiales	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	3,903	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen, Pine, Pine-oak, Tropical coniferous, Tropical deciduous	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Tenencia de la tierra: No se conoce.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sierra de Taxco - Nevado de Toluca. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.