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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2021

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Military Macaw Ara militaris	VU	resident	2015	123 individuals	A1

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)
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	145,255	protected area contained by site	0
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	490,187	is identical to site	0
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán	Reserva de la Biosfera	490,187	is identical to site	459,578
Tehuacán - Zapotitlán	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	2,846	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-
other	-

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

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Valle de Tehuacán - Cuicatlán. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.