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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Whiskered Screech-owl Megascops trichopsis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
White-throated Jay Cyanolyca mirabilis	VU	resident	1995	present	A1, A2, A3
Russet Nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus	LC	resident	1995	present	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
Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A3
Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A3
Red Warbler Cardellina rubra	LC	resident	1995	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Boquerón de Tonalá	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	3,912	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Barranca del Ángel	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	105	protected area contained by site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Tropical coniferous, Pine, Montane broadleaf evergreen, Pine-oak	-

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

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

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tlaxiaco. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tlaxiaco-iba-mexico on 30/11/2023.