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The site was identified as important in 2021 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident	2012	32 individuals	A1
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident	2020	54 individuals	B1a
Nava's Wren Hylorchilus navai	VU	resident	2012	47 individuals	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2021).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Selva El Ocote (Core zone)	Biosphere Reserve Core Zone	30,728	is identical to site	30,728
Selva El Ocote	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	101,288	protected area overlaps with site	0
Selva El Ocote	Reserva de la Biosfera	91,505	protected area overlaps with site	48,045

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Tropical semi-evergreen, Tropical deciduous	-
Savanna		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y federal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Ocote. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-ocote-iba-mexico on 02/10/2023.